Finding aids are available here: AR239 and AR265. Materials provided by Special Collections and Archives at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Fort Worth Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission
G. W. Williams
A letter written by G. W. Williams, chair of the "Fort Worth Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission" of 411 1/2 E. 9th St., Fort Worth, Texas. The commission aims to "end discrimination in the employment of Negroes, Latin Americans, Jewish people and other minority groups." The letter mentions meetings at Mt. Olive Baptist Church and the Y. W. C. A.
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List of Desegregated Businesses in Fort Worth
Harold A. Odom
A list compiled by Harold A. Odom on Fort Worth businesses that considered themselves as desegregated and would allow "all people regardless of race...to use their services" during the Jim Crow era. The list includes theatres, drive-ins, drug store lunch counters, five and ten cent stores, department stores, and hotels.
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"Si no votamos no valemos" political poster
"Si no votamos no valemos" ["If we don't vote we don't count"] political poster (Spanish) encouraging people to register to vote. Sponsored by the Voter Education Project, Incorporated.
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"Texans be good citizens Get Out 1,000,000 Votes November 7th"
"Texans be good citizens Get Out 1,000,000 Votes November 7th" political poster by State PAC-C.I.O., 1944
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Lyndon B. Johnson campaign pamphlet, "The Issues: 1964 Peace"
Lyndon B. Johnson campaign pamphlet with Senator Barry Goldwater caricature (wearing armor) and quote: "There will either be a war or we'll be subjugated without war…I don't see how it can be avoided - perhaps five, 10 years from now."
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"For the USA" pamphlet
"For the USA" pamphlet with photographs of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey. Text at bottom of page: "Vote Democratic Nov. 3"
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Lyndon B. Johnson "Victory Campaign" flyer
Lyndon B. Johnson "Victory Campaign" flyer, circa 1958-1960. The flyer featuers a photograph of Johnson speaking at a podium, along with a shot of the crowd. Several people are holding up posters that read "Johnson for Vice President, Leadership for the 60's."
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Anti-Nixon flyer by McGovern for President committee
"What will you do when you graduate?" Anti-Richard Nixon flyer by George McGovern for President committee (Texas McGovern-Shriver Committee). The flyer is encouraging college students and recent graduates to register to vote and vote in the presidential election.
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Anti-McGovern flyer
"Take from the 'rich'" anti-George McGovern flyer including political cartoons and caricatures, along with statistics and quotes critical of McGovern's campaign for the United States presidency and criticisms of his supporters.
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Southeast Side Civic League Headquarters
Southeast Side Civic League headquarters building, at 2301 Evans Avenue in Fort Worth, with a sign above the doors reading "Civic League Headquarters;" undated [ca. 1956-1959]. A separate sign to the left reads "United We Stand to Keep Morningside White, Sponsored by Southeast Side Civic League." The building was formerly owned by the Calgary Assembly of God church. The Southeast Side Civic League, organized in 1947, was designed to serve the area south of Lancaster and east of Evans Avenue. The League's objective was to "promote civic pride within the area, and to seek street improvements, better sewerage, more lights and bus service and segregation of white and Negro residential districts."
