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Document 84 May 14, 1958 Route slip To: Maxwell M. Rabb From: Andrew J. Goodpaster Jr.

Civil Rights Act of 1957, transmittal of a letter to the President from Jackie Robinson, responding to the President’s appeal for patience during his meeting with black leaders, 1958

Document 72 September 9, 1957 Public Law Records as President, White House Central Files: Official

Civil Rights Act of 1957, text of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Public Law 85-315), in five parts: (1) to establish the Commission on Civil Rights, (2) to provide for an additional assistant Attorney General, (3) to strengthen the civil rights statutes and for other purposes, (4) to provide means of further securing and protecting the right to vote, and (5) to provide trial by jury for proceedings to punish criminal contempts of court growing out of civil rights cases and to amend the judicial code relating to federal jury qualifications, 1957

Document 103 February 27, 1959 Report Gerald D. Morgan Records

Civil Rights Act of 1957, text of a report noting Executive Branch cooperation with the Civil Rights Commission, essentially updating the commission’s request for assistance from federal departments in fulfilling its mission (see Document 93)., 1959

Folder May 13-September 10, 1963. 46pp.

From the Presidential Library of John F Kennedy: March on Washington Movement, Meeting with Lawyers and News Releases, May 13-September 10, 1963, 1963

Solicitor-General’s Report: Background [1962-1964].

National Archive Records: Report of the Solicitor General regarding racial discrimination and sit-in cases, from the files of assistant attorney general Burke Marshall, 1962-1964, 1962-1964

Civil Rights–“March on Washington.” June-August 1963. 31pp.

From the Presidential Library of John F Kennedy: Civil Rights–“March on Washington.” June-August 1963, covering Public Opinion, Planning and Crowd Control, June-August 1963, and Business Council Meeting of July 11, 1963. March-June 26, 1963, 1963

July 1962 Sit-In Cases–Avent et al. v. North Carolina (1 of 2) [1962-1963].

National Archive Records: Department of Justice memos regarding the sit-in cases that arose from the wave of sit-in demonstrations during the early 1960s, including the 1962 sit-in case, Avent v. North Carolina, from the files of assistant attorney general Burke Marshall, 1962-1963, 1962-1963

124-A-1 Segregation [and Desegregation] 1960 (4).

Presidential Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower: Sit-ins at public facilities, Civil Rights Act of 1960, and other civil rights issues, 1960, 1960

RD-55 Alleged Racial Discrimination Practiced at Houston, Texas, Railroad Terminal Against Dorothy M. Henry and Loretta M. Thompson

Federal Government Records: Union Station restaurant, in the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Co. terminal, alleged racial discrimination against Dorothy M. Henry and Loretta M. Thompson in Houston, Texas, as part of a series of sit-ins ., 1961-1962

Department of Justice memos pertaining to the 1964 sit-in cases that arose from the wave of sit-in demonstrations during the early 1960s, from the files of assistant attorney general Burke Marshall, 1963-1964

National Archive Records: Department of Justice memos pertaining to the 1964 sit-in cases that arose from the wave of sit-in demonstrations during the early 1960s, from the files of assistant attorney general Burke Marshall, 1963-1964, 1963-1964

June 1962. 40pp.

National Conference on Religion and Race, Talladega, Alabama sit-in , voting rights, and other civil rights matters, from Burke Marshall’s Justice Department correspondence, June 1962., 1962

157-6-61-1026-157-6-61-1090 August 1965-November 1965. 193pp.

FBI folder on civil rights demonstrations in Alabama, and SCLC- SNCC strategy meeting regarding demonstrations in Selma and Hayneville, August-November 1965, 1965

Riots, Civil and Criminal Disorders. Part 19

Congressional Hearings: Investigates ideology, organization and alleged activities of Black Panthers and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes numerous Black Panthers and SNCC documents., 1969

Riots, Civil and Criminal Disorders. Part 20

Congressional Hearings: Considers allegedly subversive activities of the Republic of New Africa, the Revolutionary Action Movement, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, and the Black Panther Party., 1969

Testimony of Stokely Carmichael

Congressional Hearings: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Internal Security to receive testimony from Stokely Carmichael on the financing, communist connections, if any, and the nature of leadership of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Black Panthers, the Latin American Solidarity Organization, and the Puerto Rican Independence Party. Appendix (p. 21-29) contains an article from the Daily World, Mar. 24, 1970, and excerpts of an undated recorded interview given by Stokely Carmichael during his stay in Havana to Mario Menendez, editor of the Mexican magazine Sucesos., 1970

Riots, Civil and Criminal Disorders. Part 15

Congressional Hearings: Discusses procedural and legal issues involving subpoenas ducas tecum relating to materials bearing on alleged involvement of Stokely Carmichael, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Conference Educational Fund, communism, and the black power movement in 1967 Nashville, Tenn. riot., 1969

Civil Rights. Part 2

Congressional Hearings: Considers miscellaneous civil rights legislation., 1963

Demonstrations: Memoranda Based on FBI Reports. August 1963. 66pp.

Burke Marshall Papers: Civil rights protests and arrests throughout the United States, and preparations for the March on Washington, August 28, 1963., 1963

Folder October 12, 1962-October 30, 1963. 92pp.

From the Presidential Library of John F Kennedy: March on Washington, Administrative Leave during Demonstrations, Congressional Relations and Committee for Nonviolent Action, October 12, 1962-October 30, 1963, 1963

Demonstrations: Memoranda Based on FBI Reports. August 1963 (cont.) 81 pp.