United Political Action Committee of Chester County (UPAC) records, 1959-1996.

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United Political Action Committee of Chester County (UPAC) records, 1959-1996.

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The records, 1958-1996, include biographical material on committee members and othersassociated iated with UPAC as well as correspondence, minutes, hand written notes, legal documents, newspaper clippings, news releases, memos, scrapbooks, programs and photographs of activities. Also in the collection are papers of Dr. W.T.M. Johnson. These include indexed compilations of his published letters as well as papers related to his time as a member of the faculty at Lincoln University. Earliest records in the collection include material related to initial reform endeavors by Dr. Johnson, the Human Relations Council, and others. These included the segregation of West Chester's YMCA, Brotherhood Week Celebration, Career Conferences for Negro Youth, improving African American students' school performance, tutoring of students, etc. Records for the Student Equality Union and the West Chester Human Relations Council are also part of the collection. In Box 2, are Dr. Johnson's records of his association with Lincoln University. The collection then continues chronologically with UPAC's organization in 1966. Records of topics with sufficient data are filed separately within their time frame, for example, the Lukens suit (boxes 4 through 7). The collection ends with materials on the 1996 UPAC sponsored meeting on the significance of the Goodman vs. Lukens Steel civil suit.

10 boxes.

Chester County Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7938539

Chester County Historical Society

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Lincoln University, Pa.

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Student Equality Union.

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United Political Action Committee of Chester County (Chester County, Pa.)

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Johnson, William T. M., 1921-1998

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West Chester (Pa.). Borough Council

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Lukens Steel Company

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Human Relations Council (West Chester, Pa.)

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