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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
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Amistad Research Center
Dr. Vivian Henderson papers
Collection
Identifier: 178
Content Description
The Vivian Henderson papers include correspondence, reports, lists, programs, tables, news clippings, and studies conducted while Henderson was a member of the Race Relations Department at Fisk University. Of note are "Negro Employment Studies" and the printed study entitled "The Economic Status of Negroes: In the Nation and in the South".
Dates:
Other: 1953-1961
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
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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