Minorities -- Employment

Scope and Contents The Luther G. Bellinger papers document the work of African American mathematics educator and businessman Luther Garic Bellinger. The collection spans 1947-1980 and includes biographical materials, materials from Bellinger's college years at Johnson C. Smith University, correspondence related to Bellinger's educational career in South Bend, Indiana, in the 1960s, news clippings and publications featuring Bellinger, teaching materials, and mathematics articles Bellinger wrote. The collection...

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...

Scope and Contents The papers of H. F. V. (Harry Francis Vincent) Edward consist of approximately 400 items of correspondence; 31 articles that Edward penned over a 30-year period; 14 programs from sports events, social occasions, and educational exercises; 30 pamphlets regarding Edward's work from 1916-1973; 50 photographs from Edward's internment in a German prison camp, his early sports career in England and on the continent; his work in Greece, Germany, Vietnam, and California; of note is a photograph of...

Scope and Contents The papers of John G. Feild comprise 2.4 linear feet and date from 1952-1963. They include correspondence, memoranda, notes, legislative materials, and documents pertaining to Feild's work in the area of intergroup relations, the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, and as a legislative aid to U.S. Senator Philip A. Hart. The correspondence documents Feild's role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He was successively head of a large city's...

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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".

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...

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The papers of John Hope II document his various posts with the federal government and private organizations, including the Equal Educational Opportunity Program, President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, and the Race Relations Department at Fish University. The materials include information on his role as consultant on civil rights and equal opportunity to numerous public and private organizations and agencies, as well as his research in these areas.

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David Mann served as Director of Review and Surveys for the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. His papers include correspondence, minutes, reports, studies, and publications of the committee. Also included are collected publications of other governmental departments and agencies concerned with equal employment opportunities for minorities.

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....

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...