Heslip M. "Happy" Lee papers, 1915-2003

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Heslip M. "Happy" Lee papers, 1915-2003

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Papers, 1915-2003, of Heslip M. "Happy" Lee, consisting principally of correspondence, clippings, photographs, publications, audio and video tapes, and ephemeral items primarily from the late 1950s through the 1980s. The correspondence section of the collection is rich with details on Lee's activities as Executive Director of the Virginia Council on Human Relations in the early 1960s and as a consultant in the late 1960s and 1970s to various educational, urban, and community programs in North Carolina, Georgia, and other localities.

15.1 linear feet

Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8196827

Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries

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Virginia Council on Human Relations

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The Virginia Council on Human Relations was a private organization formed to encourage better race relations. There were chapters in various localities and its headquarters was in Richmond. From the description of Papers, 1960-1966. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 23250141 From the guide to the Virginia Council on Human Relations Papers, 1960-1966., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Lee, Heslip M. (Heslip Malbert), 1922-2011

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The Reverend Heslip Malbert "Happy" Lee (1922- ), minister and educator, social and political activist, has spent much of his life working to improve relations between blacks and whites. His life's work is representative of many other like-minded individuals of his generation who were active in the cause for civil rights and equality in the last half of the 20th century. A native of Georgia, Lee's work during the height of the struggle for civil rights brought him to Virginia in the early 1960s ...