1992

1994

1 folder

Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, 1948-1998

Series 2, NAACP, Charlotte

Subseries 4, Committees

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.

This series contains material related to the work of the NAACP in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Alexander family's involvement in the organization over the course of several decades. There is a wide variety of topics covered in the documents, including voting discrimination; the Freedom Fund; Youth Council activities; and correspondence with notable figures throughout the Charlotte area, including Alfred Alexander and Julius Chambers.

Alexander, Kelly M.

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

manuscripts (document genre)

eng

Alexander, Kelly M.
Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch

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

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP

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

Manuscript 508

Box 10, Folder 10

https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701

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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