Box 16

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Materials include the November-December 1960 issue of Democratic Digest; articles are primarily focused on the differences between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy’s policy differences.

Collection Overview From the Collection: Statement on Harmful Materials and Language: Users will find harmful language describing people with developmental and intellectual disabilities in this collection. This language is intentionally retained to honestly and accurately reflect prejudice found in this collection and how movements have evolved, even as we recognize that encountering harmful or offensive language can be difficult or painful. The J. Arthur and MaeDe Brown Papers are divided...

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Materials include a framed cartoon titled “The Story of My Life at Emerson.”

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Materials include a draft publication of the President’s Committee on Consumer Interests.

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Materials include the program from the event hosted by the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, and the National Park Service.

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Materials include newspaper clippings about the Highlander School investigation as well as 24th and 26th Annual Reports from the school and a October 1959 issue of Concern focused on the Highlander School.

Collection Overview From the Collection: Statement on Harmful Materials and Language: Users will find harmful language describing people with developmental and intellectual disabilities in this collection. This language is intentionally retained to honestly and accurately reflect prejudice found in this collection and how movements have evolved, even as we recognize that encountering harmful or offensive language can be difficult or painful. The J. Arthur and MaeDe Brown Papers are divided...

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Materials include a mailing from Liberty House featuring “hand-crafted products by Poor People from: Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Alabama as well as Africa, Mexico, Guatemala, Canada, and other parts of the world.” Millicent Brown worked as a sales manager at Liberty House for almost three years from 1969 to 1972.

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Materials include a letter to the editor about definitions of race and clippings covering the refusal of Duke University’s Religion Department to grant Dr. Walter Burford, the head of Duke’s Black Studies Program, tenure; and, about Charleston’s connections to Africa.

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Materials include a history and fact sheet of the Polaris Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapon System Development Program.