The Black Lives Matter calendars are a not-for-profit project of Juli McGruder, Professor Emerita, Occupational Therapy at Puget Sound, and John Leach, a photographer and retired small business owner. The chief purpose of the calendars is to document Black citizens killed by police officers in the United States.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the United States' oldest civil rights organization. This collection consists of imprints issued by the organization during its first half-century.

The National Negro Business League was founded by Booker T. Washington in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1900 with the goal to enhance the commercial and economic prosperity of the African American community. This item is the “Report of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the National Negro Business League,” held in New York City, New York, from August 17-19, 1910.

“The Story of a Lynching: An Exploration of Southern Psychology,” was written by Marcet Haldeman-Julius and published by Haldeman-Julius Publications in Girard, Kansas in 1927. The pamphlet tells the story of the lynching of John Carter in Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 4, 1927.