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Justine J. Rector papers

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Main Author:	Rector, Justine J. (Creator)
Collection:	Justine J. Rector Papers
Collection Number:	3088
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects and Genres:	African American men. African American women journalists > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia. African Americans in mass media. African Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
Online Access:	Link to finding aid
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Physical Description:	5.5 Linear feet 14 boxes, 1 flat file
Summary:	Justine J. Rector has been an active and prolific journalist and teacher in Philadelphia and in Washington, D. C. since the late 1960s. She has involved herself in promoting civil rights, fostering high standards in journalism, and in documenting and improving race relations, particularly in Philadelphia. The collection spans her career as a journalist for newspapers in Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland. A collection of newspaper clippings that cover the period of the civil rights era in Philadelphia, through the debate of Ebonics in public schools. Of note is the vast collection of material dating back to the origins of Black journalism in Pennsylvania, which includes a historical listing of Black journalists in Pennsylvania. The Justine J. Rector papers are a series of subject files collected by Rector in the course of her research on Black history, her professional activities as a Black journalist, and her participation in a variety of civic organizations and conferences. Of particular interest is the material from the two conferences held on the “African American Male-an Endangered Species” which focuses on the organization Rector founded, the African American Male Resource Center. There are a series of articles authored by Rector that focused on the plight of the black American male and the unfair treatment of him by society. The articles describe the hopelessness that is prevalent with young Black males who have difficulties finding educational opportunities and jobs.

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5.5 Linear feet 14 boxes, 1 flat file

Summary:

Justine J. Rector has been an active and prolific journalist and teacher in Philadelphia and in Washington, D. C. since the late 1960s. She has involved herself in promoting civil rights, fostering high standards in journalism, and in documenting and improving race relations, particularly in Philadelphia. The collection spans her career as a journalist for newspapers in Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland. A collection of newspaper clippings that cover the period of the civil rights era in Philadelphia, through the debate of Ebonics in public schools. Of note is the vast collection of material dating back to the origins of Black journalism in Pennsylvania, which includes a historical listing of Black journalists in Pennsylvania. The Justine J. Rector papers are a series of subject files collected by Rector in the course of her research on Black history, her professional activities as a Black journalist, and her participation in a variety of civic organizations and conferences. Of particular interest is the material from the two conferences held on the “African American Male-an Endangered Species” which focuses on the organization Rector founded, the African American Male Resource Center. There are a series of articles authored by Rector that focused on the plight of the black American male and the unfair treatment of him by society. The articles describe the hopelessness that is prevalent with young Black males who have difficulties finding educational opportunities and jobs.

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