Papers. 1952-1963.

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Papers. 1952-1963.

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The collections contains correspondence, reports, schedules, agendas, minutes, speeches, collected items, pamphlets, clippings, and congressional records. All of the items relate to the career and activities of Feild as president of the National Association of Human Rights Workers, NAIRO official, executive director of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, and his involvement in the proceedings of the Democratic National Committee and the John F. Kennedy presidential campaign. An interesting group of items relates to the religious controversy that surfaced during the campaign. Papers document Feilds role in the Civil Rights struggle. Vice Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon are among the correspondents. Other names include Marshall Bragdon, Frank Horne, Herman Long, Carl T. Rowan, Theodore Sorenson, and Roy Wilkins.

2.4 linear ft. 6 boxes.

Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Rowan, Carl Thomas, 1925-2000

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Carl Thomas Rowan (born August 11, 1925, Ravenscroft, Tennessee – September 23, 2000, Washington, D.C.) was a syndicated columnist, commentator, diplomat, and author received his B.A. degree from Oberlin College in 1947, and his M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1948. During the 1950s he rose to prominence as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, becoming one of the first African-Americans to report for a major daily newspaper. He won national honors for his reports which ranged from ra...

Democratic Party

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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

National Association of Human Rights Workers

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Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

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Civil rights leader and journalist; d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1915-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605113 Roy Wilkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota. Wilkins edited the KANSAS CITY CALL, a Black newspaper, from 1923 to 1931. Wilkins became Assistant Secretary of the NAACP in 1931 and became Executive Secretary in 1955. Under his leadership the NAACP grew to 350,000 members. ...

Sorenson, Theodore, 1928-

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National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials

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John F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign.

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Presidents Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.

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Bragdon, Marshall., 1906-

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Bragdon, Marshall. 1949 - exec. secy., Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee, Cincinnati; 1963 - same. 1955-56 - president, National Assn. of Inter-group Relations Officials, later National Assn. of Human Rights Workers. 1966 - associated with Community Relations Service, Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers. 1945-1967. (Ascension Parish School). WorldCat record id: 18887827 ...

Democratic National Committee.

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President's Committee on Equal Rights Workers.

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Feild, John G., 1922-2006

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John G. Feild was born in 1922. In 1959, he became a legislative assistant to Senator Philip A. Hart from Michigan. He aided in the campaign to elect John F. Kennedy for president, and served as the executive director of the President’s Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity from 1961 to 1963. From the description of Feild, John G., 1922- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10572329 ...

National Association of Intergroup Officials.

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Long, Herman H. (Herman Hodge), 1912-1976

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