Harold C. Fleming Papers 1950-1993 (bulk 1961-1987)

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Harold C. Fleming Papers 1950-1993 (bulk 1961-1987)

Civil rights leader and executive with the Potomac Institute, Washington, D.C. Correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, subject files, proposals, background material, news releases, drafts and published pamphlets and booklets, biographical material, and other papers pertaining to Fleming's work as executive vice president and president of the Potomac Institute, an organization dedicated to eliminating racial discrimination and expanding African-American civil rights.

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