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| Creator: | Smith, Maxine Atkins |
| Title: | NAACP Report of Executive Secretary, March 7th thru April 3rd, 1962 |
| Date: | 1962 Mar. 7-1962 Apr. 3 |
| Description: | Report from the executive secretary of the Memphis, Tennessee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for March 7 through April 3, 1962. The report details local civil rights work, including the NAACP membership campaign, the state board meeting, protest over the segregated Shrine circus, response to the protest of police brutality, letter to the superintendent of city schools, legal redress, voter registration, African American employment in federal agencies and federal appointments, and the county school petition. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Reports |
| Subjects: | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Memphis Branch | Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis | African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations | Race relations | Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis | Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis | Social integration--Tennessee--Memphis | Voting--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Education--Tennessee--Memphis | Police brutality--Tennessee--Memphis | Discrimination in employment--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.) | Shelby County (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | Maxine A. Smith NAACP Collection |
| Institution: | Memphis Public Library's Memphis and Shelby County Room |
| Contributors: | Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room | Volunteer Voices (Project) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee, Knoxville in association with Memphis Public Library | 2007-06-07 |
| Original Material: | Maxine A. Smith NAACP Collection, Box 1, Folder 2, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002653 |
