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Emanuel C. and Dorothy Wright papers
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Held at: African American Museum in Philadelphia [Contact Us]701 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA, 19106
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Emanuel C. Wright (born 1900) was the son of Major Richard R. Wright, Sr. and brother of Bishop Richard R. Wright, Jr. Major Richard R. Wright, Sr., a former slave, founded the National Freedom Day Association to commemorate the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States. National Freedom Day was first celebrated on February 1, 1942, although it was not officially recognized until 1948 when President Truman signed a bill proclaiming February 1st National Freedom Day in the United States. Shortly after the death of his father in 1947, Emanuel Wright took over his father's position as president of the National Freedom Day Association.
The collection largely contains secondary materials related to African American history such as pamphlets, magazines, and newspaper clippings focusing on African American figures and events in the African American community. There are also some typed speeches written by teachers about these same topics. A few materials relate to the National Freedom Day Association including correspondence and photographs of National Freedom Day ceremonies, circa 1949-1982. There is also a small amount of family history research material.
Gift of Dorothy Wright, 1987.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2012-2014 as part of a project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was accomplished during the HCI-PSAR project.
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- African American Museum in Philadelphia
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- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Sarah Leu through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
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- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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