William L. Taylor papers 1954-2009

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William L. Taylor papers 1954-2009

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This collection contains written speeches and testimony, correspondence, subject files, legal documents, and publications that William L. Taylor gathered and created during his career as a civil rights attorney between 1954 and 2009. The material documents Taylor's work in the following roles in his long career: as an attorney for the NAACP, as general counsel and staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in the Johnson administration, as founder of the Center for National Policy Review at Catholic University, as founder of the watchdog group Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, and as vice chair of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. In addition, the material documents his work as an attorney in private practice, most significantly a longstanding school desegregation case, Liddell v. Board of Education of St. Louis.Key topics in the collection include: school desegregation legislation (especially Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) desegregation litigation (especially the case of Liddell v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis), affirmative action, and racial discrimination in housing and voting.

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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...

Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights (U.S.)

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Taylor, William L., 1931-2010

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Civil rights lawyer and educator. From the description of William L. Taylor papers, 1971-1996 (bulk 1987-1992). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983850 William Lewis Taylor (October 4, 1931-June 28, 2010) was a prominent lawyer and civil rights activist. For over five decades, he advocated tirelessly on behalf of African-Americans facing discrimination in education, housing, and voting, and played a key role in writing federal laws guaranteeing the rights of all Americans re...

United States. Commission on Civil Rights

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