NAACP's Migrant Labor Conference

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Title

Subject

Migrant Labor issues

Description

Bucknell chapter of the NAACP sponsored a conference to raise awareness of the working conditions of those engaged in migratory labor.

Date

1952

Items in the NAACP's Migrant Labor Conference Collection

"NAACP Praised By Sol Markoff"

This Bucknellian article from November 1952 shares laudations aimed at Bucknell. Associate General Secretary of the National Child Labor Committee, Sol Markoff (1913-1991), commends the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored…

"NAACP Conference on Migrant Labor Issue to be Held Saturday"

This Bucknellian issue from May 1952 shares that the Bucknell chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) will sponsor a one-day conference to raise awareness of the working conditions of those engaged in…

"A Social Responsibility"

In this May 1952 Bucknellian editorial, the author encourages students to participate in the upcoming Migrant Labor Conference by calling attention to the terrible working conditions of nearby camps, particularly for black workers outside Lewisburg…

NAACP Joins National Fight for Freedom

This Bucknellian article from October 1953 announces how the Bucknell NAACP chapter (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) takes an active part in campaigns in the national organization in Washington. The organization hopes to…

"NAACP Plans Film and Debate"

According to this article in the Bucknellian from November 1953, the Bucknell NAACP chapter (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) plans to make a film and radio broadcast about the Migrant Labor Reform Campaign in Pennsylvania…