| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practice Legislation Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practice Legislation | | | | Dates: | 1945-1961 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practice Legislation was a political pressure group founded in 1948 to lobby for fair employment legislation in Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, reports, minutes, bills, statements, financial reports, campaign and news bulletins, scrapbooks, and correspondence from the committee's administrative staff, particularly Sam Weisberg, Charles Lucas and Theodore Berry. | | | | Call #: | MS 4045 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practice Legislation | Civil rights -- Ohio | Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Ohio
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Ohio Committee for Civil Rights Legislation Records
| | | | Creator: | Ohio Committee for Civil Rights Legislation | | | | Dates: | 1952-1968 | | | | Abstract: | The Ohio Committee for Civil Rights Legislation lobbied for equal employment and fair housing legislation for Ohio, originally know as the Ohio Committee for Fair Employment Practices Legislation. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, copies of legislation, lists of political figures and their positions on HB 308, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and statements of support or opposition. The collection includes the text of HB 308, the Ohio Fair Housing Bill, which was passed in 1963, a New York State civil rights act of 1962, and a letter from Ohio Governor James Rhodes pledging support for the bill. | | | | Call #: | MS 4992 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001 -- Correspondence. | Ohio Committee for Civil Rights Legislation. | Civil rights -- Ohio. | Civil rights -- New York (State) | Discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Ohio. | Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Ohio.
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