African Americans -- Education -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Africana Studies records
Collection
Identifier: UA0104
Abstract
Records of Africana Studies Department (formerly African American and African Studies; originally Black Studies), Black Studies Committee, and Black Student Union at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Collection contains files, photgraphs, audiovisuals, and ephemera that document the events leading up to the creation of the department and its subsequent evolution. Dr. Bertha Maxwell, the first department chair, Roberta Duff and Benjamin Chavis are prominent figures in the...
Dates:
1969 - 2020
Telling Our Stories: Black Alumni Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: OH-BL
Abstract
Telling Our Stories: The Black Alumni oral history project documents UNC Charlotte's Black Alumni by collecting first-hand accounts of the lives of Black students over the decades. This alumni-driven project was inspired by interviews we have already gathered, notably that of James Cuthbertson, Jr., who was a member of the Black Student Union in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Dates:
2020 - 2021
Julius L. Chambers papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0085
Abstract
Julius Chambers was an African-American civil rights attorney. The collection consists of files related to his firm's representation of Darius and Vera Swann and other plaintiffs in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts were constitutionally authorized to exercise broad powers to oversee and produce solutions to achieve school integration. Collection also includes...
Dates:
1902 - 1989; 1965 - 1975
Benjamin S. Horack papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0042
Abstract
Papers of a Charlotte attorney relating to his defense of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts were constitutionally authorized to exercise broad powers to oversee and produce solutions to achieve school integration, which could include using student quotas as a starting point, and developing new attendance zones and busing policies to achieve more...
Dates:
1918 - 1984; 1968 - 1971
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals proceedings
Digital Record
Identifier: horaben-ms0042-02
U.S. Supreme Court proceedings
Digital Record
Identifier: horaben-ms0042-03
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