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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
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A.P. Tureaud papers addendum
Collection
Identifier: 367-1
Scope and Contents
The addition to the A.P. Tureaud papers contains records of civil rights cases, correspondence, collected material, and records related to the Knights of Peter Claver, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and other organizations. The correspondence files contain letters from Daniel Byrd, O.C.W. Taylor, Mordecai W. Johnson, and Jim Moreau. The correspondence files pertaining to Daniel Byrd concern voter registration problems in Jackson Parish. Present is a letter...
Dates:
Created: 1868-1997; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1970; Other: Date acquired: 09/02/1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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