Virginia Council on Human Relations. Charlottesville-Albemarle Chapter
| Creator | Virginia Council on Human Relations. Charlottesville-Albemarle Chapter |
| Description | Correspondence, minutes, speeches, bylaws, financial records, membership lists, surveys, newsletters, and clippings, relating chiefly to desegregation of public schools, fair housing, and equal employment opportunity, and also to Homeward Bound for returning Vietnam veterans, voter registration, school curricula reform, and prison reform. Includes correspondence, minutes, bylaws, financial statements, press releases, and publications of the State board of directors and executive committee; and material from Virginia Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, Southern Regional Council, Citizens for Superior Albemarle Schools, PTA, NAACP, Anti-Defamation League, and President’s Committee on Equal Employment. Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Lyndon B. Johnson, Thurgood Marshall, A. Willis Robertson, and Howard W. Smith. |
| Call number | MS 81-386 |
| Date from | 1955 |
| Date to | 1970 |
| Geographic school | Charlottesville, Albemarle County |
| Size | 3200 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 African Americans–Segregation o Public schools o Race relations o School children o School closings o School integration o School integration–Massive Resistance movement o Segregation in education o Virginia Equal Employment Opportunity Committee o Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 o Parents’ and teachers’ associations o National Association for the Advancement of Colored People o B’nai B’rith. Anti-defamation League o Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 |
| Types | o Clippings
o Correspondence o Legal documents |