Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee memoranda, including lynching, armed forces, Hispanic Americans, history of civil rights legislation and case law, U.S. possessions, federal employment, black Americans, disclosure requirements, and housing., 1947
Tag Archives: racial discrimination
Lynching–Hearings, 1918-1950.
National Archive Records: Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on lynching in 1948 and 1918, proposed antilynching legislation, statistical data on lynching, and antilynching legislation and black troops, from files of assistant attorney general W. Wilson White, 1918-1950, 1918-1950
Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: April 17, 1947. 146pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of April 17, 1947, including testimony of NAACP and others., 1947
Earle, (Willie) Case. 98pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Federal anti-lynching legislation letters of support referencing case of Willie Earle in South Carolina, including correspondence with NAACP., 1947
Working Papers–Civil Rights Message February 2, 1948. 104pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: President Truman’s civil rights message to Congress, February 2, 1948, consisting of drafts with outline of actions for Executive branch, Congress, states, and for public education., 1948
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 62pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: NAACP civil rights correspondence with Committee, including issues of employment, lynching, voting rights, violence, and conditions in Southern states., 1946-1947
Executive Order and President’s Statement Creating the PCCR (Press Release of December 5, 1946). 6pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee establishment by Executive Order 9808, and advance press release of Committee report., 1946-1947
Miscellaneous Papers–PCCR–Statements by Consultants, Memoranda to Subcommittees, Interim Reports of Subcommittees, Executive Order Creating Committee, Press Releases. 58pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee papers, including statements by consultants, subcommittee memoranda and interim reports, executive order creating committee, and early press releases., 1946-1947
Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: September 12-13, 1947. (Washington Meetings.) 356pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of September 12-13, 1947, with Committee members’ discussion of content and emphasis of report, including segregation, discrimination, legislation, and role of federal government., 1947
80 H.J. Res. 326 (Introduced in House)
Bill Text: Joint Resolution creating a Joint Committee on Civil Rights, 1948
Minutes of Meetings of President’s Committee on Civil Rights–May 1,1947 through May 15, 1947. 255pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Committee meeting minutes, including testimony on behalf of civil rights organizations and researchers., 1947
Proceedings of the Committee–Transcripts: June 30, 1947. (Hanover Meeting). 281pp.
Records of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights: Transcript of Committee proceedings of June 30, 1947, with Committee members’ discussion of content and emphasis of report, and its use as a tool of mass education., 1947
99th Pursuit Squadron, [September 1943-January 1945].
National Archive Records: 99th Pursuit Squadron, September 1943-January 1945, 1943-1945
Tobias, Channing H. 48pp.
From the Harry S. Truman Library: Committee member Channing H. Tobias travel expenses and internal, administrative communications, including a letter from the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters urging the Committee to oppose segregated education., 1947
October-December 1942. 163pp.
Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, October-December 1942, including cooperation with the National Council of Negro Women and Women’s Trade Union League, 1942
Dr. Robert C. Weaver. 101pp.
National Archives Folder: Robert C. Weaver, Adviser on the Economic Status of the Negro at the Department of the Interior, correspondence on black employment., 1934-1937
OF 10-B: Justice Department, FBI Survey of Racial Conditions in the U.S., Section 2 (Folder 2).
From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation survey of U.S. racial conditions, 1939-1945
Document 34: July 6, 1943 Letter with attachment
From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Memorandum on remaining sessions at the national convention of the March on Washington Movement in Chicago, 1943
Document 33: July 6, 1943 Letter
From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: Report on the national convention of the March on Washington Movement in Chicago, Illinois, 1943
HU010–Equality, Document Numbers 261217CU-266842.
John E. Jacob speech to National Urban League, Blacks in Government (organization), Civil Rights Act of 1991, Griggs v. Duke Power Co., Wards Power Co. v. Atonio, sex discrimination by U.S. Navy, John C. Danforth, Arthur Flemming, and Li Lu hunger strike in Washington, D.C., 1989-1993
Randolph, A. Philip
National Archives Folder: A. Philip Randolph oral history interview, 1968
Correspondence of the Adviser on Negro Affairs, 1933-1941. 177pp.
National Archives Folder: Eugene Kinckle Jones, Adviser on Negro Affairs to the Department of Commerce, correspondence regarding black employment., 1933-1941
The Superior Race
Article by W. E. B. Du Bois, 1923
Testimony taken by the Select Committee on the recent election in South Carolina.
House and Senate Documents: Denial of elective franchise in South Carolina in election of 1876, 1876
Voting Rights Act Extension
House and Senate Reports: Supplement, containing minor corrections, to report on H.R. 3112, to revise and extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (For report summary, see H523-7.), 1981