African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on citizens of the United States of Black African descent. Works on Black people who temporarily reside in the United States, such as noncitizens, students from abroad, etc., are entered under Black people--United States. Works on Black people outside the United States are entered under Black people--[place].
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ann Corrigan Collection
Collection — Box 1: Series 666-2; Series 666-1; Series 666-3; Series 665-1
Identifier: 665
Dates:
1967 - 1970
Nathan B. Young Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: 647
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials from Nathan B. Young Jr. (1894-1993), a lawyer and judge in St. Louis, Missouri. These materials consist of correspondence, personal papers, scrapbooks, photographs, writing, publications, newspapers, and art.Nathan B. Young Jr. was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on November 28th, 1894, to parents Nathan B. Young Sr. and Emma Mae Garret. At the time of his birth, his father was a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute and a close friend of Booker T....
Dates:
1880 - 1993
St. Elizabeth's Parish
Collection
Identifier: 688
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials related to or produced by St. Elizabeth’s Parish, a Black Catholic church in St. Louis, Missouri that operated from 1873 to 1951.In 1858, Rev. Peter Koning, S.J. started a chapel for Black Catholics in the upper gallery of St. Francis Xavier’s Church. When the patronage outgrew the chapel, Rev. Ignatius Panken, S.J., now in charge of the chapel, purchased the Vinegar Hill Hall building at 14th and Gay Streets in 1872. St. Elizabeth’s Parish was...
Dates:
1898 - 1971