Scope and Contents: The Civil Rights collection consists of material relating to the civil rights movement from 1933 to 2003 collected by staff of The Black Archives.  The materials document: assimilation; black astronauts; prominent black individuals in local, state and national government; blacks in the military; elections; inmate pardons, executions and stays; local and national black headlines of the day; Negro achievements; police shootings and brutality against black males; political rallies;  and voting rights and violations.  The bulk of the collection is composed of magazine articles, newspaper articles, programs and reports.