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National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Dorothy Height Legacy Initiative. Washington, D.C.:
NCNW, 2002.
The Dorothy Height Legacy Initiative booklet and video documents the importance
of the National Council of Negro Women and their historic Washington, D.C.
headquarters to women across the country.
Call Number: Special Collections Video Recording VRC 3016
National Freedman’s Relief Association of the District of Columbia. Annual Report.
Washington, 1863-66.
The National Freedman’s Relief Association of the District of Columbia reports on its
success in fulfilling the basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter for the newly
freed slaves in these annual reports.
Call Number: Special Collections E 185.93.D6 N37
Pacifico, Michele Francine. A History of the New Negro Alliance of Washington, D.C., 1933-
1941. Master’s thesis, George Washington University, 1983.
The formation, philosophy and contributions of the New Negro Alliance, an
organization formed to secure fair employment practices for the African American
community through boycotts and pickets, are examined and evaluated.
Call Number: Special Collections AS 36.G3 1983
Walker, Lewis N. The Struggles and Attempts to Establish Branch Autonomy and Hegemony: A
History of the District of Columbia Branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, 1912-1942. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, 1979.
The relationships of the local branch of the NAACP with the national organization,
with the Washington community on civic issues, and with Washington’s African
American elite serves as the focus of this dissertation.
Call Number: Special Collections E 185.3.N276 W35
POLITICS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Clarke (David A.) Papers.
The David A. Clarke papers are a compilation of the work of the Chairman of the
Council of the District of Columbia. This collection includes documents from
between 1976 and 1990, including letters, articles, drafted legislation and invitations in
this collection.
Call Number: Special Collections MS2010