Trinity Digital Collections

- Church service for Missionary Focus Week, excerpt, 1957
- Baptists -- United States -- History.; Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.); African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Excerpt from church service at Mount Zion First Baptist Church for Missionary Focus Week. Reverend Black conducts the service. Listening notes: music and worship; 4:24 minutes: Reverend Black sings with choir; 10:31 minutes to end: sermon on...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Civil War in Poverty Program, by Reverend Black, circa 1968
- Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Editorial by Reverend Black, addressing the controversy between the E.O.D.C. (Economic Opportunities Development Corporation) and SANYO (San Antonio Neighborhood Youth Organization). (circa 1968)
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Education?, by Reverend Black, circa 1962
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century;
- Editorial by Reverend Black, addressing the need for desegregation of educational institutions, in light of the violence that resulted when James Meredith enrolled and was accepted as the first African American in then-segregated University of...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Who's Killing the Poverty Program?, by Reverend Black
- Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Editorial adressing racism in the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation (EODC) of San Antonio and Bexar County, an agency responsible for fighting poverty across San Antonio neighborhoods.
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Local Politics, News and Community Activity Scrapbook, 1973-1974
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
- Scrapbook includes newsclippings; telegrams , cards, and letters of congratulations from community members and state and local politicians; ephemera from community events, such as Reverend Black's narration of a San Antonio Symphony event honoring...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Photographs from Andover Newton Theological School, part one, circa 1940s
- Andover Newton Theological School; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Group of photographs from Reverend Black's student days at Andover Newton Theological School in the early 1940s. Reverend S.H. [Samuel Horace] James, Jr., past pastor at Second Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas, appears in photos numbered: 22_g,...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Photographs from Andover Newton Theological School, part two, 1941
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Andover Newton Theological School;
- Group of photographs from Reverend Black's student days at Andover Newton Theological School. These photos have the year 1941 in the process information on the rear of photos. Reverend S.H. [Samuel Horace] James, Jr., past pastor at Second Baptist...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Middle East travel diary and documents, Reverend Black, 1962
- Baptists -- United States -- History.; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- This folder contains Reverend Black's Middle East travel diary and documents from a trip taken in 1962 with a Baptist organization. [Images numbered 33 through 37 have been omitted from delivery in the digital collections as they contain private...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Local politics scrapbook, 1971-1976
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
- Scrapbook of newsclippings assembled by Reverend Black, predominantly about San Antonio local politics, city council candidates, political issues involving the East side and West side of the city, Reverend Black's own political campaigns, and...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Local politics, church and community news scrapbook, 1976-1977
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.)--Race relations--History.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.;
- Scrapbook of newsclippings assembled by Reverend Black, predominantly about San Antonio local politics, city council candidates, political issues involving the East side and West side of the city, Reverend Black's own political campaigns and...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Local Government: Alamodome, 1988-1992
- Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Part 1 of 2 of folder, Local Government: Alamodome, 1988-1995. Contains documents that reflect government and citizen action regarding the Alamodome sports facility on the East side of San Antonio, and includes groups such as the Citizens for the...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Local Government: Alamodome, 1993-1995
- Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio.; San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.; African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Part 2 of 2 of folder, Local Government: Alamodome, 1988-1995. Contains documents that reflect government and citizen action regarding the Alamodome sports facility on the East side of San Antonio, including communications from the Dome Advisory...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Texas Negro Peace Officers Association Nineteenth Annual Convention Souvenir Program, August 1954
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century;
- Texas Negro Peace Officers Association Nineteenth Annual Convention Souvenir Program, August 1954, San Antonio, Texas
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- From the Sanctuary to the Street, by Reverend Black, 1963
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century;
- Editorial in SNAP newspaper addressing the church's role in civil rights legislation, and the issue of full citizenship and "voluntary integration."
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Death Knows My Color, Seven Lost Years, by Reverend Black, 1963
- Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century;
- Editorial in SNAP newspaper addressing the repeal of the poll tax and its relationship[ to voter registration of African Americans (Negro) and President John F. Kennedy's remarks that Negro citizens have a life expectancy that is seven years less...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Planning Effective Ministry in the New Millenium, by Reverend Black, 2000
- African Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio; Mount Zion First Baptist Church (San Antonio, Tex.);
- Talk delivered at conference of The Ministers and Missionary Benefit Board of the American Baptist Churches, February 21-23, 2000. The talk focuses on African American Baptist ministry, and provides an historical overview of Reverend Black's...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Responsibility and Response, Religious Leadership During the Civil Rights Movement and Today, by Reverend Black
- Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century;
- Talk by Reverend Black that addresses the relationship between the Black church, the civil rights movement, in the nation and in San Antonio. The talk is undated.
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- King William's Purple House, by Reverend Black
- Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; Cisneros, Sandra.
- Talk about the house of Chicana writer Sandra Cisneros, which is located in the King William neighborhood in San Antonio and which she painted purple in the 1990s. Reverend Black talks about the historical meaning of color and the need to re-write...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Why Are You Complaining?, by Reverend Black
- Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century;
- Editorial (Maxwell's Notes) addressing segregation in the city of San Antonio, and the issues around the Washuington D.C. airmen who did not wish to transfer to Randolph Air Force Base because of discriminatory practices in the city. [Probably...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers
- Who is Killing the G.G.L.?, by Reverend Black
- Municipal government -- Texas -- San Antonio.; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- San Antonio;
- Editorial in SNAP newspaper addressing the demise of the Good Government League political group in San Antonio municipal government. Reverend Black refers to the post-HemisFair 1968 waste, the 1968 CBS documentary "Hunger in America," and the...
- Claude and ZerNona Black Papers