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Fact sheet prepared by the Citizens Committee for School Improvement against the referendum on the grounds of preserving public education in Virginia

Memorandum to "NAACP Delegates Who Rode Freedom Train to Washington, July 12, 1961" from Clarence Mitchell, Director, Washington Bureau, NAACP, dated August 7, 1961. Briefly describes the NAACP delegates' trip to Washington DC.

Summons to W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary of Virginia State Conference of NAACP Branches to appear before the Committee on Offenses Against the Administration of Justice, February , 1957,and to produce all records and documents in his…

Program of events for the "Opening Meeting, 44th Annual Membership Campaign," Cleveland Branch, NAACP, for September 16, 1956. Includes Barbara Marx and Rosa Parks as "Witnesses." Verso has list of Cleveland Branch Divisions, Teams, and Captains. 2…

Two Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper clippings from September 17, 1956. Both are about the recent NAACP meeting in Cleveland; one describes the kickoff speech by the NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins regarding school desegregation efforts across…

Cleveland Plain Dealer clipping from September 17, 1956: "Schools Operating Under Guard Sign of Racial Tensions." Article is about two schools in Tennessee and Kentucky that are desegregating under the protection of the National Guard.

Two Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper clippings from September 17, 1956. One is a photograph of Barbara Marx, Roy Wilkins, and Rosa Parks, before a large NAACP meeting in Cleveland. The second is an overview of the school desegregation issue,…

Pamphlet urging voters to choose Convention Candidates for County and School Board as opposed to A.I.M. candidates. 8 pages

Listing of assumptions made by the Committee for Equal Education when drawing up proposals.

Plan 1, Drew as Kindergarten Center, handwritten. Includes pros and cons.

Plan 2, Boundary Changes to achieve integration, handwritten. Includes pros and cons.

Plan 3, Pairing of Abingdon, Randolph and Drew to achieve integration, handwritten. Includes pros and cons.

Plan 4, To Achieve Racial Balance, K-3 at Fairlington, Oakridge, Abingdon and Claremont. 4-6 at Drew and Randolph, handwritten. Includes pros and cons.

Press release expressing the opinion of the Committee for Equal Education that the offer of settlement in the lawsuit should be accepted. Includes open letter to Dr. Saulmon consisting of the 5 plans for integration of the Committee for…

List of suggestions to spread positive publicity for desegregation and racial equality, as produced by the Education Committee for the Seventh District, Virginia NAACP. Report dated September 10, 1954.

Order "To the Sergeant of the City of Richmond, Virginia" to summon W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, Virginia NAACP, to produce NAACP records to the Committee on the Offenses Against the Administration of Justice, June 29, 1959.

"Report of the Committee on Offenses Against the Administration of Justice" dated December 14, 1959. Also known as the Boatwright Committee. The report outlines the findings of the Committee, which was to make sure Virginia laws pertaining to the…

Order "To the Sergeant of the City of Richmond, Virginia" to summon W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, Virginia NAACP, to produce NAACP membership information to the Committee on the Offenses Against the Administration of Justice, March 15, 1957.…

Order "To the Sergeant of the City of Richmond, Virginia" to summon W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, Virginia NAACP, to testify to the Committee on the Offenses Against the Administration of Justice regarding activities and membership of the…

Request for Virginia State Conference of NAACP to respond to the interrogatories enclosed by August 10, 1959. 2 pages, second page is duplicate content addressed to the Sergeant of the City of Richmond, VA