National Negro Congress photograph collection
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Abstract
Collection depicts officials, members and individuals associated with the National Negro Congress (NNC), as well as views of organizational activities and events, from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s. The collection consists of studio and candid portraits of individuals, mainly officials and prominent personalities; group portraits and candid views from meetings, conferences, banquets and presentations; and views of rallies and picket lines. Also depicted are views of some military operations and damage from bombardments during the Spanish Civil War (late 1930s); views of a health services center and a youth camp; and street scenes of Moscow (1935). Among the officials depicted are NNC executive secretaries John P. Davis, Edward Strong and Revels Cayton, and Negro Labor Victory Committee executive director Charles A. Collins. Also of note are candid views of speakers, performers and participants at NNC rallies held in Madison Square Garden, New York, including the Negro Freedom Rallies (1944 and 1945).
Dates / Origin
Date created: 1935
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo National Negro Congress Collection