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Series 6: Federal Job Discrimination, 1963-1978

 Series

Scope and Contents

The series documents Hobson’s efforts to end federal job discrimination through the courts in the Hobson v. Hampton case and through Congress. It consists mostly of correspondence to Hobson from a number of federal employees who experienced job discrimination and offered their general support and/or to act as plaintiffs in lawsuits. It also includes correspondence and court pleadings from many supportive organizations such as labor unions, the NAACP, and lawyers handling federal job discrimination cases. Employee files and correspondence among officials at the U.S. Civil Service Commission, other federal agency staff, Congress, and employee complainants provide excellent documentation on instances of job discrimination. Of particular significance are letters, individual petitions to Congress, congressional testimony, and legislation relating to hearings on federal job discrimination brought by Congressmen William Ryan and Charles Diggs in 1970. Also of significance are background for, and a copy of, Hobson’s article Uncle Sam is a Bigot, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1968.

Dates

  • Creation: 1960-1977

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Extent

From the Collection: 107 Boxes

From the Collection: 51 Linear feet

Repository Details

Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository

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