Fredricka Teer papers, 1963-1969.

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Fredricka Teer papers, 1963-1969.

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The collection consists of papers of Fredricka Teer from 1963-1969. The papers include clippings, press releases, reports, correspondence, and printed material. The items document Teer's activities in California with the West Coast Regional Office of the Congress of Racial Equality and with the Bay Area Committee to Defend Political Freedom and contain information on the James Baldwin tour (1963), employment discrimination at Montgomery Ward, and the March on Washington (1963).

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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

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Congress of Racial Equality. West Coast Regional Office.

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Bay Area Committee to Defend Political Freedom.

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Teer, Fredricka.

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