Papers, 1970-1989.

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Papers, 1970-1989.

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Collection documents Leland's public service career as a Texas state representative and as a U.S. representative from Texas. Materials include correspondence, news clippings, artifacts, photographs, audio and video tapes, speeches, news releases, committee testimony, case work. Topics include health care rights for the poor, prison reform, police harassment and brutality, racial discrimination, affirmative action, budget discrimination in higher education, labor legislation, political election organization, infant mortality, minority rights in business, health education, parks and recreation for the indigent, apartheid and racial discrimination issues world-wide, third world development, emergency shelters for the homeless, nutrients for the malnourished, and food security for victims of hunger.

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Texas Southern University, Robert James Terry Library

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Texas Southern University, Robert James Terry Library

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