Philip M. Weightman Papers 1944-1967

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Philip M. Weightman Papers 1944-1967

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Philip M. Weightman, a native of Vicksburg, MS, began his career as a labor organizer and political activist as a teenager in St. Louis. In 1930 he moved to Chicago, where he became an organizer and representative of packinghouse workers. In 1948 he went to work for the CIO’s Political Action Committee, based in Washington. The collection documents in detail Weightman’s work as national field representative for the CIO Political Action Committee and as a staff member and Assistant Director of AFL-CIO COPE, until 1967. Correspondence, reports, publicity materials and clipping files document his work in labor and civil rights, with particular emphasis on labor’s role in campaigns for voter registration among African-Americans. NOTE: This collection is stored offsite, and advance notice is required for use.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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