1963-03-06

1963-07-03

1 folder

Frank O. Sherrill Papers, 1963

Correspondence

The collection consists of newspaper clippings and letters collected by Frank O. Sherrill. Sherrill was the co-founder of the S&W Cafeteria chain, which was segregated in the early 1960s. By 1963, civil rights supporters pushed for desegregation of public accommodations throughout the South, and S&W faced pressure from the public and from civil rights organizations to desegregate their restaurants. This collection also includes a telegram send by President John F. Kennedy, inviting Sherrill to the White House to attend a conference on racial desegregation.

Letters in this collection are mainly written to Sherrill or his colleagues from members of the public, and either support S&W Cafeteria's segregation policy or ask the restaurant to serve black patrons alongside whites.

Sherrill, Frank O. (Frank Odell), 1922-1983

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

manuscripts (documents)
correspondence

eng

Sherrill, Frank O. (Frank Odell), 1922-1983

S & W Cafeteria

African Americans--Segregation
Civil rights
Discrimination in public accommodations
Race discrimination
Race relations

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

Frank O. Sherrill papers, 1963

Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Manuscript 405

Box 1, Folder 3

https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1383

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