Rachlin, Carl
Biography:
New York Times, Jan. 4, 2000: "...New York labor and civil rights lawyer who rallied to the defense of Freedom Riders and sit-in demonstrators during the 1960's...At the time of the most intense struggle against segregation, Mr. Rachlin was general counsel to the Congress of Racial Equality (1960-67), and he worked closely with civil rights leaders, including James Farmer and Bayard Rustin. Over the years, he also represented the National Welfare Rights Organization and sat on the board of the New York Civil Liberties Union. He was also legal director of the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Unity from 1963 to 1969. In 1964, he helped form and lead the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, which enlisted lawyers to defend civil rights campaigners in the Deep South. Mr. Rachlin fought such cases all the way to the United States Supreme Court. He filed a review that prompted the court in June 1961 to overturn the conviction of six Freedom Riders who had entered a 'whites only' waiting room at a Louisiana bus terminal."
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- CORE--Mississippi Free Press - Newspaper, 1964 Feb. 8-Aug. 1 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 69) (Newsletters)
- CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1966 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reels 2-3, Segment 37) (Reports)
- CORE Southern Regional Office--Mississippi Freedom Summer, August 1962, March 1964, October 1965 (Congress of Racial Equity. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 17, Folder 2) (Fliers (printed matter))
- CORE--Staff meetings (Canton and Meridian, CORE and COFO) - Minutes 1964 Jan., Feb., Aug.-1965 April, June (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 90) (Minutes (administrative records))
- CORE--Violence and harassment summary reports (Southern Regional Council, COFO, SNCC, CORE), 1963-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 94) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Freedom Information Service--Miscellaneous reports and news releases, 1962-1965, undated (Freedom Information Service Records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 3, Segment 2) (Reports)
- Kaufmann--Walter Kaufmann papers, 1964-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC 1210; (Reports)
- Montgomery--Mississippi Freedom Project-McComb Incident Summary, Lewis Allen Case, etc. (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 18) (Reports)
- Morey --COFO Legal Coordinator - Legal Cases, 1962-1966 (R. Hunter Morey papers, 1962-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 522, Box 3, Folder 12) (Legal documents)
- Morey --Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, 1964 (R. Hunter Morey papers, 1962-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 522, Box 3, Folder 11) (Correspondence)
- SEDFRE--Legal Department files, Mississippi discrimination cases, 1964-1965 (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 45 Folder 23) (Legal documents)
- SEDFRE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Congressional Challenge, 1964-1965 (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 32 Folder 25) (Legal documents)
- SEDFRE--Press Releases 1963-1966 (CORE) (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 31, Folder 16)Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 31 Folder 16 (Press releases)