Welcome to the NAACP Henry Lee Moon Library and Civil Rights Archives, which is housed at the NAACP National Headquarters. The library is a national information center that highlights the legacy of the NAACP and its struggle for civil rights. It maintains a reference collection of materials, including books and photos, about the civil rights movement and other related topics as well as works by and about those who contributed to the movement. The library is so named for Henry Lee Moon who served as the NAACP Director of Public Relations (1948-64) and also as editor of The Crisis (1965-74). The book collection includes books collected by Mr. and Mrs. Moon, first editions, autographed books and rare volumes.
One of the most recent projects of the library was the digitization of the Mississippi Papers, which provide a historical account of the civil rights movement in Mississippi from 1963 to the 1990's. The Papers cover every NAACP branch in Mississippi including: activities, minutes, affidavits, newspaper articles and correspondence from many including Medgar Evers, Charles Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer and Aaron Henry. Future library plans include digitization of the library's photo files that date back to the 1940's and the continuation of the Henry Lee Moon Lecture Series where guests are invited to speak on the civil rights movement.
We welcome you to take advantage of the library as an important NAACP resource as you develop your programs and materials. Informational support and referral services are available. The library's resources are available for use onsite by appointment only. Please feel free to contact Librarian James Murray at (410) 580.5767.
Also, please note that the NAACP has shared a vast amount of material with the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. In fact, the NAACP collection is one of the largest consisting of approximately five million items dating from 1909 to the present. The NAACP Records are the largest single collection ever acquired by the Library of Congress and the most heavily used. The Library of Congress serves as a valuable resource for your projects and can be reached at: (202) 707.5000 (Ask for NAACP Records) or www.loc.gov.
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