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Title President's Commission on Equal Opportunities: Correspondence, 1962-1963
Date 1962-1963
Document Type Correspondence; List; Transcript; Periodical
Description Includes a list of Federal Government contractors in Georgia, with amounts and dates. Also includes Herman Long's testimony before the Special Sub-committee on Labor, US House of Representatives, titled 'Patterns of Negro Use in Selected Southern Industries'. Includes information about the Community Leaders' Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity and an issue of the committee's 'Information' newsletter.
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Series Description Series 1: Administrative Records, 1943-1969
Box Description 1953-1969
Theme/s Employment and Labor  Legislation and Legal Cases  
Keywords employment, equality, civil rights, discrimination, government, committee, industry, labor, commerce, finance, legal cases, court of law, conference, leadership, recruitment, contract
Names Hope, John II; Johnson, Lyndon B.; Kennedy, John F.; Levin, Arthur J.; Long, Herman Hodge
Organizations American Jewish Congress; American Missionary Association (AMA); Board of Home Missions; Fisk University; President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; United Church of Christ; University of Tennessee
Places Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; Boston, MA; Burlington, IA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Houston, TX; Knoxville, TN; Lafayette, LA; Louisville, KY; Memphis, TN; Mobile, AL; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Savannah, GA; Washington, DC
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