Folder 4

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The New Orleans Improvement League was a civil rights organization founded on Thursday, June 21, 1956, to supplement the objectives of the NAACP, which was banned from operating in Louisiana by a state court order. Members included Dr. W.R. Adams, Rev. G.N. Collins, A.L. Davis, Arthur J. Chapital Sr., Revius Ortique, Leonard Burns, C.C. Dejoie Jr., and other prominent New Orleanians. The collection consist of the organization's constitution and by-laws; correspondence; minutes of the...