Leon Dure papers
| Creator | Dure, Leon |
| Description | Journalist. Correspondence, essays, articles, and clippings, relating to the development and implementation of freedom of choice plans for school desegregation. Correspondents include James Lindsay Almond, Harry Flood Byrd, Virginius Dabney, Hardy Cross Dillard, Albertis Sydney Harrison, Burr Powell Harrison, James Jackson Kilpatrick, Francis Pickens Miller, Absalom Willis Robertson, Frederick Deane Goodwin Ribble, Howard Worth Smith, and Herbert Wechsler. |
| Call number | MS 72-1808 |
| Date from | 1957 |
| Date to | 1970 |
| Geographic school | Virginia |
| Size | 2 ft. (ca. 2400 items) |
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| Repository | University of Virginia Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library |
| Repository address | P.O. Box 400110, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4110 |
| Repository contact name | Nicole Bouch |
| Repository contact title | Director, Special Collections |
| Repository contact email | nlb3d@virginia.edu |
| Repository contact phone | (434) 243-1776 |
| DoveRegion | region7 |
| Subjects | o African American students
o African Americans–Civil rights o Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986 o Harrison, Albertis S. (Albertis Sydney), 1907-1995 o Public schools o School children o School integration o Segregation in education o Journalism–Political aspects o Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 o Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995 o Dillard, Hardy Cross, 1902-1982 o Harrison, B. P. (Burr Powell), 1904-1973 o Kilpatrick, James Jackson, 1920-2010 |
| Types | o Clippings
o Correspondence o Legal documents |