Launch of New Online Exhibition and Symposium Will Feature Nearly 70 Heirlooms from NAACP History
On February 3, 2010, the Library of Congress will launch a new online exhibition honoring the NAACP in commemoration of Black History Month.The online collection will feature nearly 70 treasures from the storied history of the NAACP, including the "Call”, Oswald Garrison Villard’s manifesto that launched the NAACP; the organization’s constitution and bylaws; photos of key events such as the New York Silent Protest of 1917, the Marian Anderson concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 and Rosa Parks’ 1955 arrest; documents about investigations of lynchings; President Harry Truman’s executive orders barring discrimination in the federal government and military; the Supreme Court decisions on discrimination; the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and background on seminal figures in the NAACP. The online exhibition will expand to eventually feature roughly 150 items.
