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Lloyd Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: 114
Scope and Contents
The collection encompasses of 32.47 linear feet spanning over fifty years detailing Davis' work for equal rights in housing, minority employment and fair business practices, and urban renewal. The collection also documents the Roman Catholic Church's role in civil rights during the 1950s and 1960, as well as organizations working in human rights and intergroup relations. Davis carried out these efforts while employed by several organizations including the Catholic Interracial Council of...
Dates:
Created: 1939-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1966-1990; Other: Date acquired: 01/04/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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