Smith, Maxine Atkins

Description

Report from Maxine Atkins Smith, executive secretary of the Memphis, Tennessee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for April 4 through May 1, 1962. The report details local civil rights issues and progress in the areas of voting, education, police brutality, housing, administration of justice, employment, and the desegregation of public facilities. It also lists the number of adult and youth members of the branch.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.

Record Contributed By

Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia