Kelly Alexander, Sr. speech fragments and Kelly Alexander, Jr. Charlotte City Council address

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This collection is part of Living Charlotte (http://livingcharlotte.uncc.edu/), a digital project that documents economic growth and social change in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the decades following World War II., Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

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Title: Kelly Alexander, Sr. speech fragments and Kelly Alexander, Jr. Charlotte City Council address
Date Range Start: 1959
Date Range End: 1987
Physical Description: 1 folder
Digital Collection: Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, 1948-1998
Series: Series 1, Addresses and Statements
Collection Description: This collection documents the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with an emphasis on the work and correspondence of Kelly Alexander, Sr. and his sons Kelly Alexander, Jr. and Alfred Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, press releases, membership records, and a few photographs. Topics covered include school segregation, housing and employment discrimination, police misconduct, and the Charlotte Area Fund.
Series Description: Addresses and speeches by figures in the NAACP organization, including Kelly Alexander, Sr. and Jr., Clarence Mitchell and Roy Wilkins. There are also speeches by Charlotte leaders, including Hugh McColl and Stanford Brookshire.
Creator: Alexander, Kelly M.
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Genre: manuscripts (documents)
Language: eng
Subjects--Names: Alexander, Kelly M.
Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
Subjects--Organizations: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch
Subjects--Topics: African Americans
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
African Americans--Housing
Racism--Political aspects
Race discrimination
Police brutality
Police misconduct
Race relations
Politics and government
Subjects--Places: North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
Digital Project: Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city
Original Collection: Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP
Physical Location: Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Call Number: Manuscript 508
Physical Containers: Box 1, Folder 12
Finding Aid: https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701
Collection Note: This collection is part of Living Charlotte (http://livingcharlotte.uncc.edu/), a digital project that documents economic growth and social change in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the decades following World War II.
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Rights Holder Information: Atkins Library provides access to this item based on either permission from the rightsholder, fair use or another copyright exception, or because we believe it to be in the public domain. Atkins Library makes no warranties as to the copyright status of this item; responsibility for making an independent legal assessment and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with the individual user. If you have additional information about this item, or if you claim its copyright, please contact us.
Funding Note: Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Identifier: naacp-ms508-0101012
Date Digitized: 2016-01-25

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