Social movements

Abstract

James Forman was an important figure in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, serving as Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) between 1961-1966, and a life-long intellectual and activist. This collection includes copies of Forman's published works, FBI files Forman obtained through FOIA requests, and A/V materials documenting Forman's activism in the 1980s-1990s.

Abstract

The collection contains a diverse array of political and social issue posters, as well as several art prints, bumper stickers, and postcards from the 1960s-2020. Used as tools for community organizing, to express political and social discontent, and fight for social change, political posters offer unique insights into histories of struggles using a combination of high-contrast colors, striking images and vivid illustrations coupled with sharp slogans and descriptive text.

Scope and Contents Microfilmed newspapers cover a diverse range of movements such as the anti-Vietnam War movement, civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, American Indian issues, Black power, Eastern spirituality, the New Left, and the youth and counterculture of the 1960s-1970s. Publications are individually cataloged in two places: first, as catalog entries in OneSearch (use keyword "underground newspaper collection", then...