Jacksonville Public Library

Negro Labor Committee record group, 1925-1969

Microfilm of manuscript collection in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library. (Gift of the Negro Labor Committee, 1971)"D3305.P02" -- on containerThe Negro Labor Committee record group consists of the complete non-current office files of the Negro Labor Committee, and those of its predecessors, the Trade Union Committee for Organizing Negro Workers (1925) and the Harlem Labor Committee (1934). Also included in the manuscript collection are the personal files of Frank R. Crosswaith, founder and longtime chairman of the Negro Labor CommitteeThe Negro Labor Committee was founded in 1935 to develop a program of action calculated to aid the black worker in securing better-paid jobs and to organize unorganized black workers to break down the barriers within the existing labor movement. The Negro Labor Committee also lent its support to establishing the Negro Labor Service which disseminated information on events about or relating to Black labor throughout the country. At its height in the 30's and 40's, the Negro Labor Committee represented over a quarter million workers and was widely acknowledged and respected as the voice of black labor

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black and white

35mm.

silver halide

microfilm

service copy

17 microfilm reels, 35 mm. +, 1 guide (series 1; African-American organizations, 53 pages; 27 cm)

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856726(Sirsi) o38707989