1960-07-18

1960-10-07

1 folder

Charlotte Mayor's Committee on Race Relations Papers, 1960-1965

Series 2, Dr. John R. Cunningham correspondence

Charlotte mayor (from 1957-1961) James Saxon Smith formed the Mayor's Friendly Relationship Committee (MFRC) in response to student organized sit-ins at lunch counters in some of uptown Charlotte's major white-owned establishments on February 12, 1960. By July 1960, the MFRC had helped the lunch counter owners and student protesters come to an agreement which resulted in the integration of many of Charlotte's lunch counters. The work of the committee continued and expanded to explore broader community issues, and was renamed the Mayor's Community Relations Committee (MCRC) in 1961. This collection comprises papers related to the establishment and work of both committees, and includes correspondence, committee minutes, memorandums, pamphlets, and research materials on the subject of race relationships.

This series consists of correspondence from and to the Reverend Dr. John R. Cunningham, chairman of both mayoral committees.

Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980

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

manuscripts (documents)
correspondence

eng

Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Smith, James Saxon

Charlotte (N.C.). Mayor's Friendly Relationship Committee
Charlotte (N.C.). Mayor's Community Relations Committee
Johnson C. Smith University

African Americans--Segregation
Civil rights
Discrimination in public accommodations
Race discrimination
Civil rights movements
Municipal government
Race relations
Politics and government

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

Mayor's Committee on Race Relationships papers

Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Box 4, Folder 35

https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/special_collections/Mayor%27...

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