Records of the Farmers Home Administration, 1918 - 1975. General Correspondence, 1935 - 1942. AD-130-02 Negroes/ Preference and Employment of Aliens, Discrimination, Negroes, Veterans etc.

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Records of the Farmers Home Administration, 1918 - 1975. General Correspondence, 1935 - 1942. AD-130-02 Negroes/ Preference and Employment of Aliens, Discrimination, Negroes, Veterans etc.

1935-1942

This file unit contains correspondence among high ranking African American Federal employees relating to discrimination of lower level employees, as well as criticism from the public of African American employees. Included are letters and memoranda from and to Mary McLeod Bethune, Constance E. H. Daniel, William J. Thompkins, and Alfred E. Smith.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11642355

National Archives at College Park

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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration'...