William H. Gremley papers, 1941-1988.

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William H. Gremley papers, 1941-1988.

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The collection consists of the papers of William H. Gremley from 1941 to 1988. The papers include awards, correspondence, photographs, printed material, speeches, writings, and audiovisual material. Correspondents include the African American writer Richard Wright and his wife, Ellen, whom Gremley befriended while working in Paris, France after World War II. The collection also includes correspondence from Gremley to his wife Mary from 1946 to 1966. Writings include drafts of his articles which appeared in America and the British Journal of Sociology, among other publications. Printed material includes articles by Gremley in addition to articles and clippings about Gremley and his work in Chicago, Kansas City, Missouri, and Cleveland, Ohio. A significant portion of the material consists of records collected during Gremley's tenure as the Executive Director of the Kansas City Commission on Human Rights and includes correspondence, commission memorandums and reports, and clippings. The collection also includes photographs and digitized home movies, one of which includes footage of Richard Wright's wife and daughter.

1 linear ft. (1 box and 1 oversize paper (OP))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960

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Richard Nathaniel Wright was born September 4, 1908 near Natchez, Mississippi, to Ella Wilson Wright, a schoolteacher, and Nathan Wright, a sharecropper. The story of Richard Wright's childhood, with its harrowing episodes of abandonment by his father, his temporary consignment to an orphanage after his mother became ill, and his short-lived schooling under the harsh guardianship of his grandmother have been detailed in his autobiography, Black Boy (published in 1945 by Harper & Row)....

Kansas City (Mo.). Commission on Human Rights.

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Gremley, William H., 1913-1992.

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William H. Gremley (1913-1992), civil rights activist, sociologist and human relations official, was born on November 16, 1913. After serving in World War II, Gremley moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1952 after accepting the position of Executive Secretary for the newly established Kansas City Commission on Human Relations. Throughout the 1950s, Gremley also taught sociology classes at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and continued publishing articles on intergroup relatio...