Letters, 1960-1964

Letters (1960-1964) to and from J. Arthur Brown regarding his work within the Civil Rights movement especially for the NAACP in SC. Correspondence includes a series of letters (1960) from the Baltimore Colts staff regarding teams policy on African-American players while traveling in response to an incident in Charleston against set policies; carbons of letters from civil rights attorney Matthew Perry regarding civil rights cases in Charleston, Orangeburg, and elsewhere in SC along with a letter to Harvey Gant; a letter (1961) regarding African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson's itinerary for Charleston; letters (1963) from journalists Paul E. Deutschman and George McMillan regarding stories to be written on civil rights issues in SC; telegrams (1961,1963) from NAACP regarding demonstrations, arrests, calls for ending segregation and discrimination in SC; a postcard (1960) regarding an unsigned death threat to J.A.B. from the NAAWP (National Association for the Advancement of White People?); letters (1961) from Henry T. Long addressed to J. Arthur Brown, a wild negro trouble maker, accusing J.A.B of causing trouble to decent negroes and being a paid agitator; a letter (1962) from Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson regarding J.A.B. being asked to participate in the President's Committee on Equal Employment; a draft of a letter (1962) to President John F. Kennedy regarding James Meredith integrating the University of Mississippi; photocopy of a letter (1962) from the College of Charleston not admitting Gretta Middleton because she is an African-American; a carbon of a letter (1963) to U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy regarding J.A.B.'s support of O.T. Wallace for SC Federal Judge because of his fairness on civil rights issues. Includes a draft of a letter (1960) from J.A.B. to a hospital accounting organization regarding their segregation policies and cancelling the registration of Evangeline Banks Harrison of McClellan-Banks Memorial Hospital; letters (1963) from Darlington NAACP regarding an African-American man being beaten by the police; a letter (1964) from Levi G. Byrd regarding Cheraw NAACP and written in Gullah like language; a letter (1962) regarding situation in Florida of Southeast Region of NAACP board member candidate being indicted for withholding NAACP membership lists; correspondence (1963) of a court case in Columbia regarding plaintiffs being required to acknowledge affiliation with NAACP and if the NAACP is financing the case. Other letters deal with the fight to desegregate Charleston schools in court including Millicent Brown's own case. There are letters that include topics of personal affairs and business within the NAACP. Notable personnel that letters are written to, from, or mentioned in include but are not limited to Ernest F. Hollings, Reverand I. DeQuincey Newman, and Roy Wilkins.