Richmond Crusade for Voters archives, 1953-1995

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Richmond Crusade for Voters archives, 1953-1995

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The collection includes photocopied items collected by Crusade historian William A. Thornton (no relation to founder and first president, Dr. William S. Thornton). Photocopies of minutes, correspondence, historian's reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings (dating from the 1950s until 1995), campaign flyers for various candidates, financial reports and other materials make up the collection. Some original correspondence, miscellaneous documents, and two photographs are also included in the collection. The date range of the collection, from the early 1950s until 1995, spans the history of the organization.

1.5 linear feet

Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6829057

Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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Crusade for Voters (Richmond, Va.)

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The Richmond Crusade for Voters was founded in 1956, and grew out of The Council to Save Public Schools, a Richmond organization formed to fight a January 1956 law which allowed cities in Virginia the option of closing public schools rather than integrating them. The three co-founders of the Crusade were Dr. William S. Thornton, Dr. William Ferguson Reid, and John M. Brooks. These three men founded the Richmond Crusade for Voters with the goal of "increasing effective black participation in Rich...