Consolidated Parent Group records, 1947-1955.

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Consolidated Parent Group records, 1947-1955.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780439949

Includes correspondence of the president and vice president of the organization, Gardner L. Bishop and Burma Whitted, and minutes, reports, activity and publicity files, school data, court records, scrapbook, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other records, all relating to the group's advocacy of school desegregation.

ca. 3 linear ft.

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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SNAC Resource ID: 8209915

Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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