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NAACP Report of Executive Secretary, October 3rd thru November 7th, 1962

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@ Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

Smith, Maxine Atkins

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Report from the executive secretary of the Memphis, Tennessee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for October 3 through November 7, 1962. The report details local civil rights work, including a petition to Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company seeking the end of discriminatory hiring; negotiations for desegregation of movies; complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; a lawsuit filed against the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company; upcoming Equal Employment Opportunity workshops; membership campaign; and the Freedom Seal project.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.
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