Box LGL.04

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Stories documented in the racial prejudice files describe the way Jim Crow racial segregation was enforced, imposed, and fought in specific instances and varying contexts. Types of documents include photographs, legal documents, reports, letters, press releases, publications, draft articles, clippings, transcripts and writings. The majority of material in this group of folders dates from the 1920s through the 1940s.

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See Legal-sized folder for notes listing cases of people ejected from buses, arrested, or assaulted on buses between 1941-1945. Also includes articles about racial segregation on trains.

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Includes a memo to AFRO editorial from Thurgood Marshall and NAACP legal brief.

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Documentation regarding the case of Anderson H Brown, et als. vs. The Board of Education of Charleston Independent School District

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Coverage of the indictments of Dr. Barnette Milton Rhetta Jr. for performing abortion services in Baltimore.

Scope and Contents Materials relate to the work of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Committee on Fair Employment Practice, more commonly known as the FEPC, "appointed to handle the delicate problem of color and race discrimination." Material includes coverage of hearings held around the country concerning race-based discrimination in specific companies with government contracts during WWII. Documentation includes transcripts, written testimony, reporter's notes, photographs, correspondence, memos, and...