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Leter from the Central Arlington Civic Association to the Arlington County School Board regarding the challenges of building a school at the Douglas Park Site. 3 pages

Students in the auto shop of Hoffman-Boston work on a car.

Auto shop student installs a break shoe on a car at Hoffman-Boston.

Autobiographical sketch of Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Michigan's first African-American Congressman. Includes education, military record, work experience, and time spend in public service. Dated December 15, 1955. 2 pages.

Pamphlet produced by the Baltimore County Public Schools regarding school over crowding. 4 pages

Portrait of the Hoffman-Boston basketball team with their coach.

Members of theHoffman-Boston basketball team look on during a basketball game.

Action shot of Hoffman-Boston basketball players on the court.

Hoffman-Boston basketball team seated along and next to bench in street clothes. Two students hold trophies as the others admire. Three students' heads are circled on the photographic print to single them out in some way.

Political novelty license plate that reads "Better Schools Make Better Communities"

Bill of Complaint for case in the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, regarding action taken by the defendants in investigating the NAACP that the effect of "harassing, intimidating, and damaging the complainants." The Bill makes the claim…

Bill of Complaint for case in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, regarding actions by the General Assembly in 1956 which were "specifically intended to bar [the NAACP et al] from assisting others in court tests of the legality of governmental…

Students and teacher perform dissection in Hoffman-Boston Biology lab.

Blank check: "Pay to the order of Arlington Committee to Preserve Public Schools".

Bogen addresses his relationship with Arlington school leaders and the School Board. 2 pages.

Explanation of bonding and insurance needed for the business office including costs and coverage. 2 pages.

Booklet describing the Voter Registration Workshop at the 26th Annual Convention, Virginia NAACP, October 14, 1961. Subtitle is "Practicable Applications of NAACP Voter Registration Techniques." Text describes the workshop, providing excerpts and…

Booklet entitled "November 1954: The Race Integration Cases" by Charles Wallace Collins, 1954. Gives a segregationist/States Rights view of Brown vs. Board of Education decision and desegregation and civil rights movement. Discusses the South as a…

Booklet "Seven Steps to Political Freedom: A Political Primer" by the NAACP. Gives step-by-step instructions on how to organize a voter recruitment organization, including gathering interested citizens, forming an official organization and its…

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…