Name/Title
Beshears: The Negro In America TodayEntry/Object ID
2022.40.73Scope and Content
A six page, double sided report "The Negro In America Today" by Alan Paton It is a collection of articles and pictures from various sources combined and published by the NAACP, New York, N. Y. The back page contains "How YOU Can Help NAACP" and a form to fill out to become a member.Context
The front page is a biography of Alan Paton reprinted from Collier's Magazine for October 14 and October 29, 1954, by permission of the author and the publication.
The subject of the publication stretches over four pages and included such headings:
My Land, and Yours
The Capital
The Deep South
The Big Change . . . Four
Governor Byrnes
Clarendon County
Governor Talmadge
Going to Church
The Colored Churches
Politics and Morality
Equality in Uniform . . .
. . . The Army
. . . The Navy
Homes and Jobs
The second of the two articles is titled "The Negro In The North" and after the author's introduction, its headings are:
I Meet a Realtist
The Negro Buys a House
An American Dream
The Improvers
The Negro Slums
Employment
My Conclusions
Your Land, and MineCollection
Beshears, KelseyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
ReportNomenclature Sub-Class
Administrative RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Notes
10½" x 13½"
