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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Nashville Planning Commission on Public Accommodations: Correspondence |
| Date | 1960-1963 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Leaflet; Legal Document; Proposal; Report; Memorandum; Minutes |
| Description | Includes correspondence regarding court decisions in cases where business owners have discriminated on a basis of race. Also features meeting minutes, correspondence and reports relating to project "Operation Open City" which had the aim of getting a Public Accommodation Law enacted in Nashville. Includes drafts of ordinances to establish Commissions on Human Rights. |
| Series Description | Series 1: Administrative Records, 1943-1969 |
| Box Description | 1949-1967 |
| Theme/s | Civil Rights Organizations, Associations and Societies Legislation and Legal Cases |
| Keywords | legal cases, discrimination, racism, hotel, civil rights, equality, community organization, community development, demonstration, sit-in, leadership, government, religion, church, integration, economy, legislation, petition, committee, funding, conference, prejudice, riot, communism |
| Names | Kennedy, John F.; Lawson, James M.; Long, Herman Hodge; Martin, Galen; West, Ben |
| Organizations | American Civil Liberties Union; American Federation of Labor (AFL); American Missionary Association (AMA); Fisk University; League of Women Voters; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); National Association of Social Workers; United Church Women; United Nations; University of Tennessee |
| Places | Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Eugene, OR; Lexington, KY; Louisville, KY; Memphis, TN; Miami, FL; Nashville, TN; Raleigh, NC; Washington, DC |
| Library | Amistad Research Center |
| Copyright | Physical rights retained and permission granted by the Amistad Research Center |