Julius Hobson papers, 1960-1977.

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Julius Hobson papers, 1960-1977.

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Contains material from organizations Hobson was involved with and from campaigns conducted during Hobson's career. The organizations included CORE, ACT (Association of Community Teams), WIQE (Washington Institute for Quality Education), and the campaigns included those against discrimination in education, federal employment, housing, transportation and the media. Materials also cover home rule, anti-war activities, and the years Hobson was on the Board of Education and the City Council. Personal information about his teaching career, efforts as a writer, illness, and death are present as well as numerous clippings and books.

56 linear ft.

District of Columbia Public Library

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Congress of Racial Equality

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Downtown CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), a chapter of the CORE national organization, was formed in March 1963 and remained active until the end 1966. Based on Manhattan's Lower East Side, it was one of nearly a dozen New York City local chapters organized in the early 1960s. Its founders included Rita and Michael Schwerner (the latter one of the group of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964), and its members included radical pacifist Igal Rodenko, anarchi...

Statehood Party (Washington, D.C.)

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Association of Community Teams (Washington, D.C.)

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Washington Institute for Quality Education.

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Hobson, Julius W., 1922-1977.

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Julius W. Hobson was a civil rights activist, civic leader, and elected official. He held leadership positions with the Federation of Civic Associations (1956-1959), NAACP (1950-1959), CORE (1960-1964), ACT (1964-1969). He was elected to the Board of Education in 1969 and to the City Council in 1974 and died in office in 1977. He founded the Statehood Party and was active in anti-discrimination campaigns covering employment, education, housing, and transportation issues. He was also involved wit...