Civic Unity Committee records, 1938-1965.

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Civic Unity Committee records, 1938-1965.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123949269

The Civic Unity Committee records document the activities of the post-World War II era Seattle civil rights organization through case files, clippings, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, notes, printed ephemera, scrapbooks and subject files.

24.76 cubic feet (58 boxes)

University of Washington. Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6816519

University of Washington. Libraries

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