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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Federally Supported Discrimination, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.151 Author/Creator: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 29 August 1961 Pagination: 61 p. : Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 14.3 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "Federally Supported Discrimination, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights," dated August 29, 1961. Survey submitted by Roy Wilkins, Chairman of NAACP, and Arnold Aronson, Secretary of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Studies completed on discrimination in education, military, labor, housing, farming and health. Recommends actions to create an equal opportunity environment.

Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Aronson, Arnold, 1911-1988

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