National Council of Negro Women "Hunger USA" program ephemera, 1968-1970s

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Summary

Creator:
John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, and National Council of Negro Women
Abstract:
The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded in 1935 by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune to empower Black women. Hunger USA was an NCNW program that began in 1968 and worked to alleviate hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity in Mississippi and Alabama by establishing community-run food centers and farms. Collection includes circular letters, leaflets, and brochures sent by the NCNW to raise awareness about hunger and malnutrition in the Deep South and NCNW efforts to alleviate it. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture and as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.13018

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes circular letters, leaflets, and brochures sent by the NCNW to raise awareness about hunger and malnutrition in the Deep South and NCNW efforts to alleviate it. The materials summarize findings about poverty, hunger, and their impact upon children in the Deep South. Circular letters from Dorothy Height (NCNW President) and Fannie Lou Hamer (NCNW Coordinator, Sunflower County Hunger Program) document the progress made at NCNW-sponsored food production centers in Mississippi and Alabama, and the letters typically end with solicitations for donations.

Biographical / historical:

The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) was founded in 1935 by Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. It is an umbrella organization with many smaller constituent groups, and its goal is to empower women of African descent in America by promoting and connecting them to information, resources, and each other. The NCNW focuses on social, political, educational, and economic empowerment of Black women and their families. Hunger USA was a program that began in 1968 and worked to alleviate hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity in Mississippi and Alabama. The program established community-run food centers and farms in Sunflower and Bolivar Counties (Mississippi) and Macon County (Alabama), and it eventually branched to include daycare centers for children.

Source: National Council of Negro Women website, accessed 2023 August 07.

Acquisition information:
The National Council of Negro Women "Hunger USA" program ephemera was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase from Caroliniana Rare Books in 2023.
Processing information:

Processed by Leah Tams, August 2023.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2023-0150.

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