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Civil rights during the Carter administration, 1977-1981

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  • "Papers of the Special Assistant for Black Affairs"

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  • "Reproduces document files collected by the office of Louis E. Martin, special assistant to the president, whose primary focus was on civil rights issues and minority affairs. Documents include internal White House memoranda, correspondence between White House and federal agency officials, government reports, invitation lists for major events, correspondence from individuals and organizations, and newspaper articles and editorials."
  • ""The collection includes significant material about, written, or spoken by prominent personalities including President Jimmy Carter; Vice President Walter F. Mondale; Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall; Special Assistant to the President Louis E. Martin and his key aides Julia M. Dobbs, I. Ray Miller Jr., and Karen W. Zuniga; administration officials Elizabeth Abramowitz, Clifford L. Alexander Jr., Randolph T. Blackwell, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Joseph A. Califano Jr., Hugh A. Carter Jr., Lloyd N. Cutler, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Patricia R. Harris, Meldon L. Hollis Jr., Hamilton Jordan, James T. McIntyre Jr., Jack Watson, Anne Wexler, and Andrew Young; congressional representatives Cardiss Collins, Walter E. Fauntroy, Jack Greenberg, Augustus F. Hawkins, Parris J. Mitchell, Charles B. Rangel, and Charles C. Diggs Jr.; civil rights leaders Aaron E. Henry, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse L. Jackson, Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Coretta Scott King, Joseph Lowery, Clarence Mitchell, and Leon H. Sullivan; and prominent personalities such as Muhammad Ali and William Raspberry."
  • "One of the most significant features of this collection is its compilation of correspondence from a large number of civic and social associations, particularly black organizations, on civil rights and minority-related issues. Officials from these groups often present forceful policy proposals to President Carter or to Louis Martin and his deputies. These organizations include African Institute for the Study of Humanistic Values, Alliance of Black Businesswomen, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, American Business Council, Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Black Business Association of Los Angeles, various black colleges, Black Congress on Health and Law, Black Leadership Forum, Congress of National Black Churches, Congressional Black Caucus, Council of Urban League Guilds, Harlem Commonwealth Council, Joint Center for Political Studies, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Association of Manufacturers, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, National Bar Association, National Black Network, National Black Think Tank, National Black Veterans' Organization, National Caucus on the Black Aged, National Conference of Black Mayors, National Council of Negro Women, National Organization for Women, National Urban Coalition, National Urban League, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and United Negro College Fund."--vendor website."

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  • "History"
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  • "Civil rights during the Carter administration, 1977-1981"

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