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History Day Guide 2003 -- Civil Rights: 1960s-Present
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Manuscripts: Journals, letters, ledgers and diaries.

MIC 87 Vanguard League papers, 1941-1972 (bulk 1941-1950, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1972)
Records of the Columbus organization of African Americans dedicated fighting racial discrimination through inter-racial direct non-violent action; merged with the Congress of Racial Equality in 1950
VFM 4777 Lloyd Squaer Collection, ca. 1962-1969
Clippings and papers related to Squaer’s involvement in the African American community and Columbus-area politics
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State Archives: Local and state government records.

Series 675 Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Affirmative Action Progress Report, 1978-1983
Statistical tables on employment in the state
Series 1789 Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Minutes, 1973-1976
Minutes include date, time, location of meeting, names of members attending, office held by each member, and summary of business discussed
Published Materials: Books, periodicals, and pamphlets.

B F765 Forman, James. The Making of Black Revolutionaries: A Personal Account. New York: Macmillan, 1972.
323.4 C76r Revolution in Civil Rights. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1967.
323.4 M972a Muse, Benjamin. The American Negro Revolution: From Nonviolence to Black Power, 1963-1967. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1968.
323.4 R928s Rustin, Bayard. Strategies For Freedom: The Changing Patterns of Black Protest. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.
PA Box 663 37 Peck, James. Cracking the Color Line: Non-violent Direct Action Methods of Eliminating Racial Discrimination. New York: CORE, 1960.
973.0496073 B459 Berry, Mary Frances and John W. Blassingame. Long Memory: The Black Experience in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.
973.0496073 W842 Crawford, Vicki L., Jacqueline Anne Rouse, and Barbara Woods, eds. Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941-1965. Brooklyn: Carlson Publishers, 1990.
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