Box LGL.04

Detailed coverage of first state law barring discrimination in employment also known as the Ives-Quinn Act. Includes essay by Irving M. Ives "Why I favor a permanent state commission against discrimination as recommended by the NY State Temporary Commission Against Discrimination." Photographs include a demonstration, office closing, and workers.

Coverage of discrimination cases heard by the FEPC in Cleveland (1942) and Cincinnati (1945). Cleveland cases concern Thompson Products Company and Warner-Swasey Company. Includes information about the Future Outlook League, a civil rights group in Cleveland.

Includes multiple press releases from civil rights organizations urging the FEPC to reschedule railroad hearings that were cancelled in January 1943. Also includes a protest letter signed by Charles Houston and a release by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Provisional Committee to organize Colored Locomotive Firemen dated December 1, 1943.

Includes text of 1945 bill.

Coverage of the actions of the Fair Employment Practice Committee in west coast cities, including Los Angeles, Ca. and Portland, Oregon in September 1943.

The Paul Robeson files contain mainly photographs and clippings documenting Robeson's career, including performances, international travel, and family life. Legal documents, newspapers, publications, some of the clippings, and Peekskill riots material contain reporting and gathered source material dealing with Robeson's politics and reactions to his leftist affiliations.