Manuscript/Mixed Material NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Askew v. Benton Harbor Hous. Comm'n (housing, Mich.); Legal documents, 1955-1956

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Title

  • NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, 1915-1967; Askew v. Benton Harbor Hous. Comm'n (housing, Mich.); Legal documents, 1955-1956

Names

  • NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Created / Published

  • 1955 - 1956

Headings

  • -  Law--United States
  • -  Civil rights--United States
  • -  African Americans--Civil rights
  • -  African Americans--Segregation
  • -  Segregation--United States
  • -  United States--Race relations
  • -  United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
  • -  African Americans--Education
  • -  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • -  African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc
  • -  African Americans--Political activity
  • -  Criminal law--United States
  • -  Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States
  • -  Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States
  • -  Discrimination in education--United States
  • -  Discrimination in employment--United States
  • -  Discrimination in housing--United States
  • -  Discrimination in public accommodations--United States
  • -  Discrimination in the military--United States
  • -  Educational law and legislation--United States
  • -  Election law--United States
  • -  Housing--Law and legislation--United States
  • -  Labor laws and legislation--United States
  • -  Recreation centers--Law and legislation--United States
  • -  Suffrage--United States
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Call Number/Physical Location

  • series: Legal Case File, 1915-1967
  • mss65570, box 179

Source Collection

  • NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Copyright in the unpublished writings of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) in these records and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is reserved. For information on further reproduction of these documents, please contact the LDF’s Archives Department directly at archives@naacpldf.org.

Librarian of Congress Carla D. Hayden and LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson signed a cooperative agreement on June 6, 2023, by which the documents that LDF had previously opened for research use in 2015 could be digitized and presented on the Library's website. Subsequently, LDF Archives Counsel reviewed additional boxes that were still restricted and authorized the Library to post digital scans of any folders cleared for opening. Those newly derestricted items will be added to this website in early 2025.

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Chicago citation style:

Naacp Legal Defense And Educational Fund. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, -1967; Askew v. Benton Harbor Hous. Comm'n housing, Mich.; Legal documents, 1955 to 1956. - 1956, 1955. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss6557002140/.

APA citation style:

Naacp Legal Defense And Educational Fund. (1955) NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, -1967; Askew v. Benton Harbor Hous. Comm'n housing, Mich.; Legal documents, 1955 to 1956. - 1956. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss6557002140/.

MLA citation style:

Naacp Legal Defense And Educational Fund. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Records: Legal Case File, -1967; Askew v. Benton Harbor Hous. Comm'n housing, Mich.; Legal documents, 1955 to 1956. - 1956, 1955. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss6557002140/>.