Reframing Eleanor Roosevelt’s Influence in the 1930s Anti-Lynching Movement around a ‘New Philosophy of Government’ by Melissa Cooper

Subjects: “…National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP)…”
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From One Crisis to the Other: History and Literature in The Crisis from 1910 to the Early 1920s by Lamia Dzanouni, Hélène Le Dantec-Lowry, Claire Parfait

“…This essay investigates the role of literature and the links between literature, news-reporting, and history in the NAACP magazine The Crisis between 1910 and the early 1920s. …”
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“EVERY MAN HAS HIS DAY IN COURT” by Raymond M. Summerville

“…Furthermore, the essay reveals some of the ways Marshall used proverbial language to connect with other people as he incorporated various proverbs and phrases into his speech which would help make legal language more accessible to common folk (especially the people he would represent as an NAACP and LDF attorney) while also allowing him to capitalize on opportune rhetorical moments in the courtroom. …”
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