Restrictions to Access

Permission to publish must be obtained from Nathan B. Brooks, donor.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Gilbert Brooks radio broadcasts #4786-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

This collection is given in honor of Buster Allen Brooks, founder of the Hayward, circa, Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Received from Nathan B. Brooks (grandson of Buster Allen Brooks, nephew of Gilbert Brooks) of Chapel Hill, N.C., in October 1994 (Acc. 95151).

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• African Americans--Civil rights.
• African Americans--Education.
• African Americans--Employment.
• Brooks, Gilbert.
• Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
• Dellums, C. L. (Cottrell Laurence)
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Hayward Branch (Calif.)
• Radio programs--California--History.

• C. L. Dellums interview in the Earl Warren Oral History Project (#12011, v.9).

Audio tapes (including listening copies) and related materials chiefly containing radio programs, 1958-1961 and undated, hosted by Gilbert Brooks and sponsored by the Haywood, circa, chapter of the NAACP. The programs are mostly concerned with the status of African Americans in the mid-20th century; civil rights, education, and employment are among the topics discussed. A few tapes appear to contain interviews with C. L. Dellums of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Also included are several tapes containing recordings of NAACP meetings and other, perhaps. unrelated, activities.