Records, 1947-1966.

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Records, 1947-1966.

Correspondence, financial records, membership information, officers' files, meeting minutes, news clippings, publications, programs, legislative information and subject files relating to the civil rights mission of the agency. Includes materials pertaining to the Arizona Council for Civic Unity and Greater Phoenix Council for Civic Unity. Correspondence of the founder, Fred G. Holmes, with Louis Wirth of the American Council on Race Relations, Chicago. Publications of TCCU and ACCU. State legislative and local information on civil rights issues during the years of 1948-1966, including school desegregation, equal employment opportunities, and public accommodations.

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University of Arizona Libraries

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Greater Phoenix Council for Civic Unity

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Arizona Council for Civic Unity

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Tucson Council for Civic Unity.

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Civil rights group founded in Tucson in 1948, after the founding of the Arizona Council for Civic Unity in Phoenix, also in 1948. Worked with other community agencies towards the abolishment of discriminatory practices in schools, public accommodations, employment. Active until at least 1966, it is unknown as to when the group officially disbanded. From the description of Records, 1947-1966. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31769581 Tucson Council fo...

Wirth, Louis, 1897-1952

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Sociologist. Born, Germany, 1897. Ph. B., University of Chicago, 1919; M.A., 1925; Ph. D., 1926. Instructor, sociology, University of Chicago, 1925-28. Assistant professor, sociology, Tulane University, 1928-29. Assistant professor, sociology, University of Chicago, 1931-1932; associate professor, 1932-39; professor, 1940-1952. Associate dean of Social Sciences Division, 1940-1946. From the description of Papers, 1918-1952 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record...

Udall, Stewart L.

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U.S. secretary of the interior, lawyer, and author. Born 1920. From the description of Stewart L. Udall papers, 1961-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981747 Lawyer; Democratic U.S. Representative from Arizona, 1955-1960; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1961-1968. From the description of Papers, 1950-[ongoing] (bulk 1950-1977). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28318942 Stewart L. Udall is a former politician and government official from ...

Holmes, Fred G.

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Spicer, Edward Holland, 1906-1983

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Edward (Ned) H. Spicer (1906-1983) was a noted cultural anthropologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences, former president of the American Anthropological Association (1972), Guggenheim fellow, and University of Arizona professor emeritus. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Arizona in 1932 and his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1939. He is the author of numerous books, including: Pascua, a Yaqui Village in Arizona...

Spicer, Rosamond B.

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American Council on Race Relations

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