"Civil rights", 1947
File — Box: 55, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
A letter from a Democratic South Carolina State Senator R. M. Kennedy Jr. opposing a report of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights that advocates a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) Bill, removal of all segregation between races, an anti-poll tax law, and other provisions. In the letter, he expressed his opinion that the South was being abandoned by the Democratic party.
Dates
- Creation: 1947
Creator
- From the Collection: Maybank, Burnet R. (Burnet Rhett), 1899-1954 (Person)
Language of Material
From the Collection:
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 241.8 linear feet (149 document boxes, 136 cartons, 8 slim document boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 oversize scrapbook)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
66 George Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424
(843) 953-8016
(843) 953-6319 (Fax)
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
66 George Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424
(843) 953-8016
(843) 953-6319 (Fax)