Records, 1972-1978.

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Records, 1972-1978.

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The group's organizational records include correspondence, committee files, and project files for rallies, workshops, and marches. Also membership lists. In addition there are drafts of testimony delivered in public hearings, written by Braden and others. A large topical file consisting of clippings from local and national newspapers and other materials treat major figures such as Judge James F. Grayson, and local politicians, as well as the Ku Klux Klan, " white flight", integration attempts in other cities, and the lawsuit that resulted in the order to bus Louisville students.

6 linear feet.

University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library

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University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library

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Braden, Anne McCarty, 1924-2006

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Progress in Education.

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