Box LGL.04

Scope and Contents Riot files mostly contain reporting and documentation on riots related to race in the United States between the 1930’s-1970’s. Reporting is on specific events like the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, as well as general incidents that are state and city specific. Files mainly contain reporting in the form of clippings,writings and photographs depicting the aftermath of riots. Some reporting on incidents like prison and military base riots contains documentation in the form of legal...

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Chicago and Cicero. Coverage of the legal case that occurred after the Cicero riots that happened in response to a black couple moving into a white neighborhood. Includes correspondence with the NAACP.

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Detroit. Includes a clipping titled "Racism is the seed of Fascism."

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Clippings mention the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disobedience

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Includes a manuscript called "A New Deal" by William J. Thompkins, press releases and typescript articles with reporting and research on Roosevelt, and an eyewitness testimony by Mrs. Van Lear Black of an incident involving Roosevelt.