Citation. Thanks and Appreciation to Christine Howell
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Title
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Citation. Thanks and Appreciation to Christine Howell
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Description
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This citation from the Legal Defense and Educational Fund sends “thanks and appreciation” to Christine Howell for her involvement with The Links, Incorporated USA.
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The citation underscores the injustice in America experienced by “minority and underprivileged peoples,” and emphasizes the work that The Links organization does insofar as “their bold programs for the common good of women and all Americans.” It was sent February 11, 1965 on behalf of: Allan Knight Chalmers, President and Board of Directors; Jack Greenberg, Director-Counsel; and Constance Baker Motley, Associate Counsel on behalf of The Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
In 1940 under leader Thurgood Marshall, the Legal Defense and Educational fund was founded as part of the NAACP as the “first civil and human rights law organization” in America (NAACP 2025). However, they separated in 1957 (NAACP 2025). Their mission has “always been transformative: to achieve racial justice, equality, and an inclusive society” (Legal Defense Fund 2025).
Christine Moore Howell (March 19, 1898-December 13, 1972) was born and raised in Princeton, NJ and lived 48 years of her life there (The Central New Jersey Home News 1972). In addition to The Links, Howell was incredibly involved in the Princeton community– including that of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, NAACP, and Urban League (The Central New Jersey Home News 1972). She attended Princeton High School where she was one of the first African-Americans to graduate, pursued higher education in France studying chemistry in 1932-1933, and then returned to New Jersey (Smith 2015, p. 77). It was said that “Howell provided glamour and was glamorous herself” (Smith 2015, p. 77). She ran Christine’s Beauty Salon, and also was the successful founder and president of Christine’s Cosmetics, founded in 1935 (The Central Jersey Home News 1972). Howell was a NJ state commissioner on the Board of Beauty Culture Control from 1935-1949 (The Central New Jersey Home News 1972).
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Check out a “Questionnaire for the Magazine Ebony” from Fall 1948 filled out by Christine Moore Howell in the Black Joy & Resilience collection
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Rights
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Rights assessment is your responsibility. This material is made available for noncommercial educational, scholarly, and/or charitable purposes. For other uses or for more information, please contact research@princetonhistory.org.
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Creator
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Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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Format
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Text
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Language
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eng
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Spatial Coverage
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[Princeton, NJ]
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Contributor
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Historical Society of Princeton
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Extent
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1 page
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Identifier
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MS 899
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Date Created
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1965
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Subject
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Gratitude
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Women entrepreneurs
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Princeton, New Jersey.
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African American women.
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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Legal Defense Fund
