Records, 1943-1991 (bulk 1951-ca. 1985).

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Records, 1943-1991 (bulk 1951-ca. 1985).

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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, notes of meetings, position papers, reports, financial papers, congressional testimony, clippings, printed material, and other papers documenting efforts by the organization to lobby for and monitor enforcement of civil rights legislation at the national level. Reflects concerns of the organization under Ralph G. Neas, appointed executive director in 1981, relating to support by the Ronald Reagan administration and the federal judiciary for established civil rights legislation; federal funding of social programs; Senate confirmation hearings for federal officials especially pertaining to Robert H. Bork's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court; passage of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, and the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988; and work of the Leadership Conference's Compliance and Enforcement Committee in monitoring government agencies including the U.S. Dept. of Justice, United States Commission on Civil Rights, and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and appointing task forces on education, employment, health, housing, and women's issues. Other topics include affirmative action, communications, disabled persons, home rule for Washington, D.C., economic equity, Equal Rights Amendment, federal budget, insurance, and school desegregation. Correspondents include Arnold Aronson, Marvin Caplan, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Ralph G. Neas, Natalie P. Shear, Glenda Sloan, and William L. Taylor.

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