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Skip to Main Content WashU Libraries Menu back to library.wustl.edu WU LibrariesResearch GuidesJohn M. Olin LibraryCivil Rights in St. LouisCivil Rights in St. Louis Search this GuideSearch Civil Rights in St. Louis This page is an overview of archive sources available in Special Collections about civil rights from the late 1940s-1970s. Civil Rights in St. LouisFinding Aids by Subject: Civil RightsSecondary SourcesDigitized material from other Archives (not WU)University Archives -- General Information This link opens in a new window Contact Info Archive, Manuscript & Rare Book collections are accessed in Olin Library at the Special Collections reading room. HOURS:  Monday - Friday 9:00-5:00 by appointment LOCATION:  Olin Library, 1st floor, Danforth Campus REQUESTS / APPOINTMENTS:  314-935-5495  [email protected] *collections stored offsite require advance notice for retrieval and use Questions about a specific topic? Contact: University Archives: Sonya Rooney Rare Books: Cassie Brand Manuscript: Joel Minor  Local History: Miranda Rectenwald Dowd Illustration Research Archive: interim curator Film & Media Archive: Andy Uhrich Finding Aids by Subject: Civil Rights This page is an overview of primary sources available at Special Collections in Olin Library about civil rights from the late 1940s-1970s.  Collections available include the Urban League of St. Louis, materials from the WUSTL chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Professor Dan Bolef&＃39;s Papers, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri Records.  Additional sources are St. Louis Mayor&＃39;s papers covering the late 1940s through 1970s.  Finding aids for select collections: Guide to St. Louis Mayor's RecordsDescribes several collections of former mayors, aldermen, and other officials.Urban League of St. Louis PapersThe papers of the Urban League of St. Louis is quite a large collection of material. It includes 10 sections (series) that are linked on the above mentioned page.Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)A collection of papers documenting the Washington University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). This collection also includes many civil rights publications recently donated to the archives, including a number of rare St. Louis independent press publications.more...less...See Series 2 for pamphlets published in St. Louis.SCAN ScrapbookStudent Committee for the Admission of Negroes (SCAN) scrapbook detail the activities of SCAN as they sought to persuade the Washington University administration to allow African American students admission to undergraduate studies.Black Manifesto CollectionDocuments of the Association of Black Students (ABS) outlining the areas they urgently felt needed improvement, including black student enrollment, treatment of blacks on campus, and the introduction of a Black Studies program to the curriculum. These points were expanded in the Black Manifesto of 1968.Dan Bolef Papers (social activist)The paper's of Professor Bolef (a former WU physicist and social activist) include one section (Series 05) focused on civil rights, and including folders related to Percy Green.William Sentner Papers (labor organizer)The personal papers of a local activist chiefly involved with labor organizing and worker rights. Sentner also advocated for racial equality and human rights.ACLU of Eastern MissouriThe ACLU of Missouri has placed their archives at Washington University. In numerous cases the ACLU-MO worked on topics related to religion and civil rights. *Some materials in this collection are restricted, and Archive staff can help you with this if there are materials you would want to see.* Demonstration on W.U. campus, 1968. Image from University Archives Secondary Sources Victory without violence : the first ten years of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (CORE), 1947-1957 by Mary Kimbrough and Margaret W. DagenCall Number: F474.S29 N45 2000 (Olin L3 & Archives)ISBN: 0826213030Groping toward democracy : African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949 by Priscilla A. Dowden-White.Call Number: F474.S29 N4345 2011 (Olin L3 and Archives)ISBN: 0826219004Kinloch : Missouri's first black city by John A. Wright Sr.Call Number: F474.K47 W71 2000 (Olin L3 & Archives)ISBN: 0738507776At the elbows of my elders : one family's journey toward civil rights by Gail Milissa GrantCall Number: F474.S29 N435 2008 (Olin L3)ISBN: 1883982669Black liberation in the Midwest : the struggle in St. Louis, Missouri, 1964-1970 by Kenneth S. Jolly.Call Number: F474.S29 N44 2006 (Olin L3)ISBN: 0415979692The Jefferson Bank confrontation : the struggle for civil rights in St. Louis by William L. Clay, Sr.Call Number: F474.S29 N415 2008 (Olin L3)ISBN: 0944514340The civil rights movement in St. Louis, 1954-1970: a socio-historical perspective by Gina L. HendersonCall Number: LD5791.8.AB80 H46 (Archives)Publication Date: 1980 Thesis Digitized material from other Archives (not WU) BAD Times: A Digital Collection of the Black Americans for Democracy NewspapersBlack Americans for Democracy (BAD), a student organization founded in the late 1960s was active at the University of Arkansas. All issues available online.America in Protest: Records of Anti-Vietnam War Organizations, The Vietnam Veterans Against the WarRequires WU log-in from off campus Next: University Archives -- General Information >> Last Updated: Jun 12, 2024 9:54 AM URL: https://libguides.wustl.edu/stl-civil-rights Print Page Login to LibApps Subjects: African & African American Studies, History: St. Louis, Special Collections For Students For Faculty For Staff Visitors & Alumni Ask Us Research Support Staff Directory Make a Gift University Libraries MSC 1061-141-B Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Dr. St. Louis, MO 63130 Instagram Facebook