Howard "Stretch" Johnson Papers
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Abstract
Howard "Stretch" Johnson (1915-2000) was a tap dancer and social activist. This collection includes biographical clippings, correspondence and materials from the African-American Lecture Series.
Historical/Biographical Note
Howard "Stretch" Johnson (1915-2000) was a tap dancer and social activist. Johnson danced with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. A member of the NAACP, the Young Communist League and the Communist Party, through which he worked in the civil rights movement and fought against McCarthyism. Johnson later became a printer at the New York Times and taught at the Fieldston School and the State University of New York at New Paltz.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Content Note
This unprocessed collection includes biographical clippings, correspondence and materials from the African-American Lecture Series.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (and related rights to publicity and privacy) to materials in this collection created by Howard "Stretch" was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Howard "Stretch" Johnson Papers; TAM 166; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Howard "Stretch" Johnson in 1993. The accession number associated with this gift is 1993.016.
