US Civil Rights
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US Civil Rights Archive
This archive comprises material by the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organizations; United States Commission on Civil Rights Publications; and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Also various publications, pamphlets, leaflets and reports. The collection contains material dating from 1918-1996.
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New York City Teachers' Strike
Papers relating to the New York City teachers' strike of 1968, a confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill & Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and New York City's United Federation of Teachers
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Lou Kushnick Collection
This collection includes Lou Kushnick's research relating to race relations in the USA, in particular 95 interviews with key figures who discuss American politics, economics, health and welfare and racial polarisation in the 1980s and 1990s. These recordings include interviews of key politicians, academics and community leaders in New York, Boston and Chicago.
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