Discrimination -- Law and legislation
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Barrie Naismith Jeffcoat vs. Professional Golfers' Association of America court records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1250
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the official legal records of the lawsuit Barrie Naismith vs. Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA). Included are affidavits, correspondence, depositions, drafts, legal research, pleadings, and PGA-published material. This collection documents the discrimination Barrie Naismith Jeffcoat faced as a female athlete who was not allowed to become a member of the PGA until pursuing legal action. She was represented by R. Lawrence Ashe (1940- ), a civil rights...
Dates:
1974-1981, undated
Herbert T. Jenkins papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS546
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Herbert T. Jenkins' career as the longest-serving police chief of Atlanta. Papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, committee minutes, speeches, publications, and annual reports of the Atlanta Police Department and Fulton County Police Department. In addition are speeches, attendance reports, and planning materials related to Jenkins' participation in conferences as an attendee and speaker. Of particular note are documents pertaining to his work with civl...
Dates:
1800-1983, undated
Horace T. Ward papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1264
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the professional and personal papers of the Honorable Horace Taliaferro Ward. Records include articles and newspaper clippings, awards, court case documents, and event programs. Also included are speeches and publications from organizations of which Ward was a member such as the National Bar Association. Additionally, there is correspondence with Ward's mother, Minnie Harrison, and records from Ward's wife, Ruth LeFlore Ward. Of particular interest is correspondence...
Dates:
1939-2016, undated
John Wallace Malone letter to Senators Harry F. Byrd and Walter F. George
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS963f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter that John Wallace Malone wrote to United States senators Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966) of Virginia, and Walter F. George (1878-1957) of Georgia. Both Democratic senators supported racial segregation. In the letter, Malone uses racist rhetoric to argue that "Southern people do not hate Negroes" and that the Federal government should allow states to make decisions regarding race relations. To support his argument, he references instances of supposed racial harmony...
Dates:
1948 March 1