United States Commission on Civil Rights, North Carolina Advisory Committee Papers, 1949-1962 (bulk 1957-1962).

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United States Commission on Civil Rights, North Carolina Advisory Committee Papers, 1949-1962 (bulk 1957-1962).

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Chiefly correspondence, but also reports, drafts of reports, minutes of meetings, questionnaires, and surveys. Statistical charts and maps, transcripts of telephone interviews, signed affidavits, printed material which includes reports of other organizations, articles, brochures, and press releases, mailing lists, notes, and clippings also appear. The collection documents methods of data collection for social research that is directed to governmental policy change used by the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. The particular focus is that of racial discrimination against and the civil rights of African-Americans, and to a lesser extent Native Americans, in North Carolina. Most of the correspondence was generated from the office of Chairman McNeill Smith, and the collection therefore represents his involvement more than that of other commission and committee members, and university researchers. Correspondence in each series pertains to the planning and implementation of studies, collection of background information, development and distribution of survey forms and questionnaires, collection of data, and the editing, publishing and distribution of final reports. In the collection is information on voter registration statistics with regard to race for most of the counties in North Carolina. This voting study was mandated by the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Committee members also obtained information on discrimination in the areas of education, housing, medical care, the administration of justice, and public libraries.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7151319

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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