Records, 1951-1965.

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Records, 1951-1965.

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Records of the NAACP Reno-Sparks include minutes; reports; resolutions; financial materials; photographs; reports from the Nevada Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; resolutions of support from Reno organizations; biographical sketches of William Bailey and Nathaniel S. Colley; forms registering complaints about discrimination in restaurants and motels; statistics on the status of population shifts, housing, education, and voting; and a file on the case of Mary Rucker, who was refused admittance to the Primadonna Club (casino) in Reno in 1960. SURE materials include minutes, constitution and bylaws, correspondence, newsletters, public accommodations survey and report, civil rights rally material, Russell G. Benedict speech on civil rights, community resolutions of support, and Nevada civil rights legislative materials. NAACP national materials include reports from the West Coast Region (branch), general information and correspondence, and brochures.

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University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7428381

University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

Rucker, Mary L.

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Benedict, Russell G.

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Colley, Nathaniel Sextus, 1918-

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Primadonna Club.

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Society to Underwrite Racial Equality.

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United States Commission on Civil Rights. Nevada Advisory Committee

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Reno-Sparks Branch.

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The Reno-Sparks Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was established in 1945 by Alice L. and Alfred O. Smith. The purpose is to eliminate racial discrimination and segregation. The Society to Underwrite Racial Equality (SURE) co-existed with the NAACP in Reno during the early 1960s and shared many of the same members and goals. From the description of Records, 1951-1965. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 40643460 ...

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. West Coast Region.

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Bailey, William, 1903-

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