Vernon, Robert 1927-1995. Papers. State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Archives
Division. 816 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin. 53706.
Papers of Robert Vernon (who also used his birth name, Robert DesVerney), a longtime member
of the Socialist Workers Party and member of its National Committee from the mid-1960s to the
mid-1970s. Contains a file concerning Vernon's involvement with Afro-Americans Against the War
in Vietnam. The following is the citation from the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
database ArCat.
Author/Creator: Vernon, Robert, 1927-1995.
Title: Papers, 1960-1994.
Quantity: 0.4 c.f.
Summary: Papers of Robert Vernon (who also used his birth name, Robert
DesVerney), a longtime member of the Socialist Workers Party and member of its National Committee
from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Vernon's important contributions to the development of the
party's political orientation to the struggle for Black rights and to Malcolm X and the
Organization of Afro-American Unity in the early 1960s is reflected in the papers, which include
discussion bulletins, articles, leaflets, chronologies, notes, class materials, correspondence,
talks, interviews, and print and near-print publications. Related to the material on the Black
civil rights movement is a file concerning Vernon's involvement with Afro-Americans Against the
War in Vietnam. Also in the papers is a hand-written log of his trip to Cuba in 1960-1961, along
with other material relating to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
Notes: This collection is unprocessed.
Finding aid: Case file.
Subjects: Afro-Americans Against the War in Vietnam.
Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Socialist Workers Party.
Afro-Americans--Civil rights.
Black nationalism--United States.
Socialism--United States.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
Cuba.
Form/Genre: Manuscript collection.
Alternate Authors/Creators: DesVerney, Robert M., 1927-1995.
RLIN Number: WIHV96-A117
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Location: Z: Accessions
Call Number: M96-075
Shelf Location: MAD 2M/48/D2
Description: See box list with accession form. Qty: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)
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