Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders papers, 1941-1945.

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Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders papers, 1941-1945.

Correspondence with attachments documenting Cecila Cabaniss Saunders's efforts, as executive director of the Harlem Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association, in opposing discrimination in employment in the armed forces during World War II.

12 items (one folder)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6744460

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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