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Kelly M. Alexander, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0233
Abstract The collection consists of papers generated primarily by Kelly M. Alexander, junior, as a result of his work with the NAACP at the local, state and national levels. Other papers in this collection were generated by Mrs. Margaret Alexander (widow of Kelly M. Alexander, senior), and Alfred Alexander (Kelly junior's brother) in his capacity as president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Chapter of the NAACP. The collection contains a wide variety of documentation concerning nearly all aspects of...
Dates: 1953 - 2008
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0101
Abstract Records of a committee established in 1961 by the mayor of Charlotte to help ease racial tensions and to assist in the gradual desegregation of public facilities. Includes correspondence, minutes, and clippings relating to the committee and its predecessor, the Friendly Relations Committee. Also contains material from state and national groups, including the North Carolina Mayor's Cooperating Committee, North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, National Citizens Committee for Community...
Dates: 1960 - 1990; 1961 - 1969
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Eunice F. Hargett paper and interviews

 Collection
Identifier: MS0160
Abstract

Items relating to UNC Charlotte course project by Eunice F. Hargett for History of African-American Women, taught by Professor Wanda Hendricks during the 1992 spring semester. Includes Hargett's paper, "From Fertile Ground: Growing Up Black, Poor and Female in the Rural South," and three supporting interviews (cassettes only) of relatives of Hargett from eastern North Carolina.

Dates: 1992
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

North Carolina school desegregation collection

 Collection — Box: SFC4 [F09.090.03.02], Folder: 413
Identifier: MS0413
Abstract

The N.C. School Desegregation collection, 1955-1956 (mss 413), is a small assortment (one folder) of mostly published material, generated by the faction that was opposed to the racial desegregation of public schools. The organizer of this material is not known.

Dates: 1955 - 1956
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

Frank O. Sherrill papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS0405
Abstract The collection primarily consists of newspaper clippings and letters collected by Frank O. Sherrill. Sherrill was the co-founder of the S&W Cafeteria chain, which, like many other restaurants in the South during the time, denied service to black patrons through the early 1960s. By 1963, civil rights supporters pushed for desegregation of public accommodations throughout the South. S&W faced pressure from the public and from civil rights organizations to desegregate their restaurants,...
Dates: 1963
Found in: Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte

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Alexander, Alfred L. (Alfred Louis) 1
Alexander, Kelly M., Jr. 1
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Brookshire, Stanford R. 1
Charlotte (N.C.). Mayor's Community Relations Committee. Mayor's Community Relations Committee 1
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Charlotte (N.C.). Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee. Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee 1
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1
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Hargett, Eunice F. 1
Hargett, Margaret 1
Harris, Doris 1
J. Murrey Atkins Library (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. North Carolina State Conference of Branches 1
North Carolina Civil Liberties Union 1
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Sherrill, Frank O. (Frank Odell) 1
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