Minorities -- Housing
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Vance H. Chavis field training report (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Collection — 1 item
Identifier: 2471
Scope and Contents
Vance H. Chavis was one of three students sent for field training in New Orleans, Louisiana as part of the Health Education Program for the New Orleans Department of Health. Under the direction of M.E. Kossack, City Supervisor of Public Health Education, Chavis from North Carolina Central University, and Ada Boyd, and Vernon H. Olson from the University of North Carolina were assigned to analyze health problems in New Orleans and develop health programs. Chavis, as the only African American...
Dates:
Created: 1947; Other: Date acquired: 02/21/2011
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
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Benjamin Hooks papers
Alexander Louis Jackson II papers
Collection
Identifier: 192
Scope and Contents
The papers of Alexander Louis Jackson II span the 1890s to the early 1970s and contain correspondence, biographical information and articles, family and school reunion photographs, invitations, photo copied news clippings about major Civil Rights events in the 1960s, which document the Jackson's activities as a real estate investor in Chicago, co-founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, and civic activist who was heavily involved in many civil rights and community...
Dates:
Created: 1893-1974; Other: Majority of material found in 1917-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1982
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
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Carl Levin papers
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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A.P. Tureaud papers addendum
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