Civic Unity Committee records 1938-1965

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Civic Unity Committee records 1938-1965

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv28060

Records of an unofficial race relations, civil rights committee formed by the Seattle, Washington mayor

24.76 cubic feet; 58 boxes

eng,

University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6368990

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Civic Unity Committee

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Seattle’s Civic Unity Committee (CUC), a primarily white civil rights organization, lobbied for civil rights laws and sought to persuade the white community not to discriminate. A large-scale migration of blacks to Seattle during the Second World War increased racial tensions, prompting Seattle Mayor William Devin to create the CUC in 1944. Devin appointed prominent business, civic, religious, and labor leaders to the CUC--seven white men, two white women, two black men, and one Chi...

Washington State Committee Against Discrimination in Employment.

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Civic Unity Committee (Seattle, Wash.)

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Seattle's Civic Unity Committee (CUC), a civil rights organization that existed between 1944-1964, lobbied for civil rights laws and fought employment and housing discrimination. Existing racial tensions in Seattle had been exacerbated with an influx of African American workers during the Second World War, prompting Mayor William Devin to establish the Committee. While unsuccessful in its initial attempts to end discriminatory hiring practices against African Americans, ...

Central Seattle Community Association.

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Seattle Human Rights Commission

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City agency of Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Human Rights Commission changed its name to the Seattle Human Rights Department. From the guide to the Seattle Human Rights Commission records, 1958-1968, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) ...

High School Students Conference on Human Relations.

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Northwest Institute of Race Relations.

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