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John Thomas Johnson papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 164
Overview
John Thomas Johnson worked as a freelance reporter, primarily for the Topeka Capital-Journal, and as a stringer for Time magazine, the Wichita Eagle-Beacon, the Kansas City Star-Times, and United Press International.
This collection includes notes compiled while he was reporting in Lawrence, Kansas, 1970, and outlines, notes, etc., for a proposed book to be jointly authored with James P. Girard. A later addition to the collection contains materials related to his work for Time-Life in El...
Dates:
1970 - 1994
Manifesto: read to the congregation of the First Methodist Church in Lawrence, Kansas
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P689
Overview
Photocopy of a 3-page typescript manifesto read to the congregation of the First United Methodist Church (Lawrence, Kansas) on Sunday, May 10, 1970, by Bryce Rivers, Chairman, Coordinating Committee for the Black Community. Alleging the church's world-wide exploitation of African Americans, the manifesto demands payment of $75,000 in reparations for Lawrence's 3,000 African American residents.
Dates:
May 10, 1970
The black entrepreneur in Lawrence, Kansas.
Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: RH MS D168
Overview
Bachelor of arts honors thesis, University of Kansas, 1975.
Dates:
1900-1915, 1975