doi:10.7916/d8-z49j-db90Reminiscences of Algernon D. Black, 1978Black, Algernon D. (Algernon David), 1900-1993oral historiesmixed materialCivil rights workersEducatorsInternal securityEthical culture movementHousingHousing policyAfrican Americans--Civil rightsAfrican Americans--SegregationAfrican Americans--Social conditionsSocial serviceCivil rights--United StatesUnited States Intellectual lifeBlack, Algernon D. (Algernon David), 1900-1993Society for Ethical CultureNew York (N.Y.). Police Department Complaints againstImmigrant background, Ethical Culture School, Harvard; early interest in civil liberties; Roger N. Baldwin; settlement house work, 1926-1933; work with West Virginia mining families, 1933; teacher and leader at Ethical Culture from 1933; co-chairman, city-wide Committee on Harlem, 1941-1947; job opportunities for blacks; state committee on fair housing, 1949; chairman of board of National Committee on Discrimination in Housing, 1950-1967; black militancy in late 1960s; chairman of Civilian Complaint Review Board of Police Department, New York City, 1966; encampments for citizenship from 1939; writing and broadcasting on ethical issues; internal security investigations