Equal job opportunity conference leaflet, 1954

Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3, Item: 1

Identifier: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains materials from the Black Civil Rights movement in the United States, including a 1938 advertisement for an event featuring Duke Ellington, Juanita Hall, Georgia Burke, and others, put on by the Negro Cultural Committee, and a poster advocating for the freedom of Black Panther prisoners, like David Hilliard.

Dates

Creation: 1954

Langauge of Materials

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English, Spanish.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.5 Linear Feet (4 document boxes, 1 oversize doc box, 1 half-size document box, 4 flat oversize boxes)

Additional Description

Note

6" x 9" flyer advertising a conference in support of a FEPC ordinance for Los Angeles to ensure equal job opportunities without discrimination by "race, creed, or color." Sponsored by the following newspapers: Sentinel, Tribune, Eagle, Herald-Dispatch, El Espectador, Frontier Magazine, CIO-Newsletter, and Pacific Citizen.