Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
9525 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628
Audley Mackel papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Audley Mackel papers
- Identifier
- BMRC.HARSH.MACKEL
- Repository
- Chicago Public Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Woodson Regional library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 3.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1925-1970
- Creator
- Mackel, Audley
Biographical/Historical note
Audley Mackel was a prominent dentist in the Vicksburg-Natchez Mississippi area. In the 1950s he was active in the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, headed by Dr. T.R.M. Howard. In a legendary incident, he drove Dr. Howard in a hearse past Ku Klux Klan gunners. Dr. Mackel was also instrumental in an NAACP lawsuit challenging “separate but equal.
Scope and Contents note
The papers include correspondence, original petitions, photographs, speeches, clippings and memorabilia.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 September 14 by Bergis Jules.