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Letter to Virginia NAACP officers from W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, dated February 28, 1957. Regards actions officers should take if asked for membership information, in light of court action over releasing NAACP membership information to…

Cover letter to Virginia NAACP Executive Board and legal staff from W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, dated December 31, 1959. Letter came with copy of full report of the anti-NAACP and segregationist Committee on Offenses Against the…

Letter to Branch Presidents and Secretaries from W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, Virginia NAACP, dated January 16, 1961. Discusses the efforts to desegregate schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, the cost for the legal fights and educating…

Letter to branch officers from W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, Seventh District, NAACP, dated July 20, 1960. Asks branches to send a representative to legal hearing in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on reopening public schools.

Letter to Mabel Alston, Advisor, Arlington County Youth Council, from W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, Seventh District, Virginia NAACP. Discusses the development of the Youth Council of NAACP in Arlington towards more civic-minded projects. 2…

An Urgent Appeal Re: Seventh District Meeting, September, 1957. Letter from W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, urging Branches to send at least 5 persons to the meeting.

Paper: "Legislative and Judicial Actions Involving the NAACP in the Commonwealth of Virginia Since 1956".

Booklet entitled "The Race Problem from the Standpoint of One Who Is Concerned About the Evils of Miscegenation," by W. C. George, published February, 1955, by the American States Rights Association. Author promotes segregation as the best way to…

Two double sided pages. Recto for each is printed flyer for the Volvo Club of Washington "Drive for Charity" Autocross event, October 15, 1961. Verso for each has handwritten notes by Barbara Marx for unnamed NAACP meeting on January 10, 1962. Four…

Recto is printed flyer for the Volvo Club of Washington "Drive for Charity" Autocross event, October 15, 1961. Verso has handwritten notes by Barbara Marx for unnamed NAACP meeting on October 11, 1961. Two pages.

Volvo Club announcement, 10/15/1951, verso side of paper may have been used to take handwritten notes

Flyer announcing "Drive for Charity". Includes handwritten note. 2 pages.

Letter from the Virginia State Industrial Union Council on District of Columbia Council stationary urging union members to vote against the Constitutional Convention referendum on January 9th. 4 pages. Back of last page has handwritten names written…

Request for members to attend a "joint meeting of the Board and Legal Staff, at Conference Headquarters, on Saturday, February 2nd, 12 o:clock noon". Concerns "Exhibits A and B". Exhibit A: letter requesting NAACP Board and Legal Staff to submit…

Letter to Barbara S. Marx from Winfred Mundle, Chairman Program Committee, soliciting her services as "Resource Person" on voter registration workshop".

Letter to Barbara S. Marx from W. Lester Banks soliciting her services as "Resource Person on the Education Workshop".

Letter reminding individuals of the importance of attending Seventh District meetings.

Letter to "Dear Co-worker" from W. Lester Banks, Executive Secretary, sending personal invitation to Winchester Branch to attend meeting.

Report of "One Day Planning Session", January, 1960. Partial listing of subjects: housing conditions, segregation, urban renewal, zoning, sub-standard housing and what to look for when purchasing a home.

Agenda, Education Workshop, Virginia Union University, October 8, 1960.