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Heslip-Ruffin Family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 179
Scope and Contents The Heslip-Ruffin Family Papers pertain to several generations of the Ruffin family beginning with Nancy Lewis and George W. Ruffin, who were both ante-bellum free Blacks. The collection includes correspondence between various family members and letters received by members of the Heslip-Ruffin Family, including those by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Legal documents, biographical data, news clippings, printed ephemera, and photographs document the achievements of various...
Dates: Created: 1822-1946; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1972

Parson v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: 288
Scope and Contents The Parson v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation records document an employment racial discrimination lawsuit filed by African American workers at the Kaiser Aluminum plant in Chalmette, Louisiana in 1967. The collection spans 1951-1985, and includes the years leading up to the case and the decades that followed, as the case went through various court systems. The collection consists of court records from Orleans Parish District Court and the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court....
Dates: Created: 1951-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1985; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/1985

A.P. Tureaud papers

 Collection — Container: Microfilm
Identifier: 367
Scope and Contents The papers of Alexander Pierre Tureaud occupy 31 linear feet of shelf space. Among the largest groups of papers are records of civil rights cases, correspondence, and non-financial reports. Among the records of civil rights cases are those concerning school desegregation, teacher salary equalization, transportation, and public accommodations. There are also records of cases concerning colleges and trade schools. Lastly, are records of the State of Louisiana v. National Association for the...
Dates: Created: 1798-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1926-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974