Papers of the NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Papers of the NAACP. Part 3. The Campaign for Educational Equality: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1913-1950

• Series A: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1913-1940
  (24 reels)
• Series B: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1940-1950
  (19 reels)

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm E185.5.N275A3 1982

Description

This collection includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, transcripts, and legal briefs pertaining to the NAACP's Campaign for Educational Equality. The papers document the development, litigation, resolution, and aftermath of attempts by Blacks to obtain equal education. The collection focuses on: Admission of Blacks into the graduate and professional programs in southern state universities when those programs did not exist at the Black state colleges; and equalization of public school education at the elementary and secondary levels, which included equalization of school facilities, school term length, and teachers' salaries. Landmark cases in the fight for desegregation are fully documented. The NAACP Campaign for Educational Equality sets the stage for the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case.

The documents are arranged chronologically by broad subject areas, which can be found in the printed guides.

The documents in Series A are divided into the Administrative File, Legal File and Addendum File. The documents in Series B are divided into the Legal File, General Office File, and Additional Materials File. The documents in each file are then divided into subjects such as: American Fund for Public Service, School Cases, Teachers' Salary Cases, University Admission Cases, Federal Aid to Education and Regional Education in the South. Reel numbers as well as major document frame number within the file are included. A case name and separate subject index are included, providing reel number and document frame number.

Index/Guide

REF E185.5.N275A3 1982 GUIDE

Papers of the NAACP. Part 3. The Campaign for Educational Equality: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1913-1950. Series A: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1913-1940. Series B: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1940-1950.