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Benjamin Hooks papers
Collection
Identifier: 187
Content Description
The collection documents Hooks time as the first African American commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1972 to 1978. Hooks was interested in addressing the lack of minority ownership in the television and radio industry, as well as minority employment in the broadcasting industry. He was also interested in breaking down stereotypical depictions of Blacks by the media. The bulk of the collection contains the correspondence, reports, and dockets generated during his...
Dates:
Other: 1968-1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Carl Levin papers
Collection
Identifier: 216
Scope and Contents
The collection includes architectural drawings, correspondence, directories, financial records, legal documents, minutes, maps, memoranda, notes, newspaper clippings, reports, and tables generated during Mr. Levin’s seven year tenure as a Detroit councilmember. Topics covered under the city council files include inner city and ethnic relations and real estate management, particularly racial discrimination in housing and rehabilitation of residential and commercial property in...
Dates:
Created: 1965-1977; Other: Date acquired: 07/01/1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Preston and Bonita Valien Papers
Collection
Identifier: 371
Scope and Contents
The Preston and Bonita Valien papers are a rich source of documentation generated during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and extremely strong in documenting their ground breaking sociology research in the areas of African American higher education, housing segregation, public school and public transportation integration, population migration from the south to the north, race relations, as well as women’s health related to birth control and infant mortality. The...
Dates:
Created: 1932-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1960; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1969
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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