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Title |
Edgar Daniel Nixon Collection |
Collection |
Mr. Edgar Daniel Nixon Collection |
Catalog Number |
1980.001 |
Object Name |
Papers, Personal |
Level of description |
Fonds/Coll |
Scope & Content |
Edgar Daniel Nixon papers, 1920-2000. 11 cubic boxes, 7 1/2 boxes, 1 1/4 boxes, 5 medium, 4 large flat boxes, 11 folder sleeves; 30 cubic feet. The papers consist of correspondence, minutes, articles, photographs, certificates, video tapes and plaques. These materials document the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) and equal rights in Montgomery, Alabama as well as a variety of other civil rights activities within the local black community and proceedings from the conventions of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Over a three decade period Edgar Daniel Nixon (E. D. Nixon) worked through the NAACP as a labor leader and political organizer, all before he bailed Rosa Parks out of jail after she was arrested on 1 December 1955 for refusing to give her seat to a White man. Nixon's work to promote the Montgomery Bus Boycott helped to usher in the modern civil rights movements. Nixon's long and impressive list of accomplishments include efforts to organize the Montgomery Welfare League, he reorganized and led the Montgomery Branch of the NAACP, and he made a personal appeal to first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, which led to the establishment of a USO Club in Montgomery for Black military personal during World War II. Nixon convinced department stores to install toilet facilities for African Americans and he led early efforts to desegregate public schools in Montgomery, Alabama. After trying for ten years, Nixon became a registered voter, and then he organized the Montgomery Voter League, he also took on the leadership of the Progressive Democratic Association. Nixon pushed the political envelope when he ran for a seat on the County Democratic Executive Committee, only to loose by a few votes. Later in life Nixon focused his attention on children, organizing the Summer Olympics, and securing the sponsorship of the United Parcel Service. |
Search Terms |
Nixon, Edgar Daniel Civil Rights Montgomery Bus Boycott NAACP |
People |
Nixon, Edgar Daniel |
Child Records |
Box 09 - Plaques Box 18 - Magazines Box 01 - Correspondences Box 19A - Various Books Box 02 - Alabama NAACP, Letter, Newspaper Articles, Various Programs Box 03 - Biographical Sketch, Meeting Minutes, etc Box 04 - Certficates Box 05 - Pictures Box 06 - Framed Photos, Certificate, Letter Box 07 - Newspaper Clippings Box 08 - Guest Book Box 10 - Resolution Box 11 - Photograph Box 12 - Various Artifacts Box 13 - Certificate Box 14 - Photographs, Plaques, Certificates Box 15A - Plaques Box 15B - E.D. Nixon Summer Olympics Tee Shirt Box 16 - Plaques Box 17 - Trophies Box 19B - Trophies Box 20 - Ledgers Box 21 - Plaque: Certificate of Honorary Citizenship Box 22 - Key to City Award from Tuskegee, Alabama Box 23 - Certificate: Southern Christian Leadership Conference Box 24 - Plaque: State of Alabama Box 25 - Plaque: Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Aide- de-Camp Box 26 - Plaque Box 27 - Plaque: Colonel Aide- de- Camp in the Alabama State Militia Box 28 - Proclamation Box 29 - Glass Plaque Box 30 - Scrapbook: Newspaper Clippings Item 40 - Trophy: 1943 Item 41 - 1947 Item 42 - 1973 & 1974 Item 43 - Trophy, E.D. Nixon Olympics Item 44 - Clothing, Honorary Cap and Gown Box 31 - Laminated Newspaper Clippings/Flyers of E.D. Nixon Box 32 - Correspondences Box 33 - T-Shirt & Artifacts Box 34 - Biographical Excerpts Box 35 - Media Tapes (Film Reel, Umatic, VHS) Box 36 - Brown Bag Footages: "E.D. Nixon (A Remembrance)" Box 37 - Documentary: "E.D. Nixon: Freedom Is Never Free" (Umatic Tapes) Box 38 - Film Reel "E.D. Nixon: The Forgotten Hero" Box 39 - Photocopy of E.D. Nixon Ancestors |