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Weissman, George L. Papers, 1955-1958.

Title: Papers, 1955-1958.

Research materials of a writer on labor and civil rights issues consisting of correspondence, printed copies of articles and other materials concerning Donald L. West, a fundamentalist minister who promoted unionization of textile workers in Dalton, Georgia, and who was subsequently attacked as a communist.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

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Civil Rights Defense Committee. Civil Rights Defense Committee records, 1941-1958.

Title: Civil Rights Defense Committee records, 1941-1958.

Records of an organization formed in 1941 which unsuccessfully fought the conviction of 18 members of the Minneapolis Teamsters Local 544. In the first conviction under the Smith Act, the defendants were jailed for their membership in the Socialist Workers Party. In addition to files on the above case, sometimes known as the "Minnesota labor case," there are files on the committee's defense of Local 544 officers Kelly Postal and Carl Skoglund and on three marginally-related cases. Included are correspondence, legal records, publicity, clippings, and financial records.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145770501 View

Committee to Combat Racial Injustice. Records, 1957-1965.

Title: Records, 1957-1965.

Records of a group formed in 1958 to defend two young North Carolina black boys who were jailed for having kissed a white girl.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and1 reel of microfilm (35mm); plusadditions of 0.1 c.f.,41 photographs, and41 negatives.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692472 View