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Subseries: Organization DepartmentThe records of the Department of Organization cover primarily the period from 1957 to 1964. The position of Field Organizer was established in 1957 when James T. McCain was given the appointment. However, in 1958 the position was renamed Field Secretary to the National Office, and it was not until 1962 that the actual position of Director of the Department of Organization was established, with Mr. McCain as director. The director of the Department is responsible for the organization within each of the CORE local chapters. He visits the chapters and submits reports concerning their progress; directs the field secretaries; handles all applications and assignments for CORE projects, such as the Task Force; and organizes training programs for project workers. The records of the Organization Department are divided into four categories: Correspondence with Individuals, Correspondence by Subject, Local Chapters, and National Office Projects. Within the category titled, “National Office Projects” may be found a great deal of material relating to the Freedom Rides and the CORE Task Force. “Correspondence with Individuals” contains correspondence, applications, and reports concerning personnel working for the national office.
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Correspondence with Individuals
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Box/Folder
42/1
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Carey, Gordon, 1958-1962, 1964
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Cox, B. Elton
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Box/Folder
42/2
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36
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1961-1962
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Box/Folder
42/3
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36
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1963-1964
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Box/Folder
42/4
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36
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Dennis, David, 1961-1963
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Box/Folder
42/5
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36
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Douthard, William, 1963-1964
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Box/Folder
42/6
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36
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Edwards, Claudia, 1962-1964
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Box/Folder
42/7
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36
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Feingold, Mimi, 1961-1964
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Gaither, Thomas
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Box/Folder
42/8
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36
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1960-1961
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Box/Folder
42/9
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36
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1962-1963
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Box/Folder
42/10
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36
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Haley, Richard, 1960-1961
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Hamilton, Mary
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Box/Folder
43/1
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36
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1962
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Box/Folder
43/2
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36
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1963-1964
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Hodge, Henry
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Box/Folder
43/3
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36
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1958-1960 April
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Box/Folder
43/4
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36
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1960 May-1961
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Box/Folder
43/5
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36
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Holt, Len, 1960
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Hughes, Genevieve
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Box/Folder
43/6
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36
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1960-1961
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Box/Folder
43/7
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36
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1962-1963, undated
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Box/Folder
43/8
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36
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Field Reports, 1960-1962
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Box/Folder
43/9
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36
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Johns, Major, 1960
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Box/Folder
43/10
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36
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Lockett, Winston, 1962-1963
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McCain, James T.
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Box/Folder
44/1
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37
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1957-1958
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Box/Folder
44/2
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37
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1959
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Box/Folder
44/3
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37
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1960
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Box/Folder
44/4
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1961-1963
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Box/Folder
44/5
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1964, undated
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Box/Folder
44/6
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37
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McKissick, Floyd, 1962-1964
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Box/Folder
45/1
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37
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Perkins, Joseph P., Jr., 1960-1961
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Box/Folder
45/2
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37
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Prince, Ulysses, III, 1960
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Box/Folder
45/3
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37
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Raymond, George, 1962-1964
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Box/Folder
45/4
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37
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Reynolds, Isaac, 1962-1964
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Box/Folder
45/5
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Robinson, Frank, 1962-1964
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Robinson, Marvin
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Box/Folder
45/6
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1960-1962
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Box/Folder
45/7
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Reports, 1963-1964
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Box/Folder
45/8
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Rougeau, Welden, 1963-1964
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Box/Folder
45/9
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37
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Schaefer, Jon, 1962-1964
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Box/Folder
45/10
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37
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Smith, Jerome, 1962-1963
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Teer, Fredricka
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Box/Folder
45/11
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1961-1962
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Box/Folder
46/1
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1963
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Box/Folder
46/2
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37
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Thomas, Henry, 1961-1963
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Box/Folder
46/3
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Thomas, William, 1963-1964
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Box/Folder
46/4
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37
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Tieger, Joseph H. (Buddy), 1963-1964
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Box/Folder
46/5
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37
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Tournour, Eugene, 1962-1963
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Box/Folder
46/6
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37
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Wendall, Don, 1961-1962
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Correspondence by Subject
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Box/Folder
46/7
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38
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Area Redevelopment Act, 1962-1964
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Box/Folder
46/8
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38
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Articles Related to CORE
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Box/Folder
46/9
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38
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Breweries - general
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Box/Folder
47/1
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38
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California Schools, 1963-1964
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Box/Folder
47/2
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38
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Civil Rights - general
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Box/Folder
47/3
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38
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Department of Justice, 1961-1962
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Box/Folder
47/4
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38
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Depositions and Statements, 1961-1964
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Box/Folder
47/5
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38
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Europe - general, 1961-1962
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Box/Folder
47/6
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38
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FBI Case, 1961-1962
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Box/Folder
47/7
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Federal Funds
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Box/Folder
47/8
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38
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Field Reports, 1963-1964
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Box/Folder
47/9
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March for Democratic Schools, 1964
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Box/Folder
47/10
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38
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Metropolitan Area Coordinating Council, 1961-1963
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Box/Folder
48/1
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38
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Metropolitan Area Council of CORE, 1964
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Box/Folder
48/2
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Metropolitan Council on Housing, 1963-1964, undated
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Box/Folder
48/3
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38
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Miscellaneous
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Box/Folder
48/4
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38
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National Council on Agriculture Life and Labor
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National Office
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Box/Folder
48/5
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Articles by CORE Members
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Box/Folder
48/6
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38
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Department of Organization, 1960-1965, undated
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Box/Folder
48/7
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Field Staff, 1960-1965, undated
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Box/Folder
48/8
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General, 1960-1965, undated
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Box/Folder
48/9
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Memoranda, 1963-1965
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Box/Folder
49/1
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Staff Meeting, 1964
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Box/Folder
49/2
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National Sharecroppers Fund, 1961-1964
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Box/Folder
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New York Area Housing Problem, 1962-1964, undated
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Box/Folder
49/4
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Police Incidents, 1963-1964, undated
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Box/Folder
49/5
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39
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Puerto Rico - general
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Box/Folder
49/6
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39
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Report of Hispanic Faculty - Discrimination at City College of New York, 1963
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Box/Folder
49/7
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39
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St. John's University, 1962-1963
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Schools
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Box/Folder
49/8
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Education, 1961-1963
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Box/Folder
49/9
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1964
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Box/Folder
49/10
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1964, undated
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Box/Folder
50/1
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39
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Southern Regional Council Publications, 1962-1963, undated
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Box/Folder
50/2
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Teacher Recruitment, New York City, 1962-1963
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Box/Folder
50/3
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39
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The 1965 Civil Rights Law / Rachlin, Carl
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Box/Folder
50/4
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39
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The Weiss Bill - New York City, 1964
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Western Regional CORE Office
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Box/Folder
50/5
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39
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1959-1963
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Box/Folder
50/6
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1964
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Local Chapters
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Alabama
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Box/Folder
50/7
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Gadsen, 1963, undated
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Box/Folder
50/8
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General, 1959, 1961-1963
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Box/Folder
50/9
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Huntsville, 1962, undated
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Box/Folder
50/10
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Montgomery, 1956, 1960, 1962, undated
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Box/Folder
50/11
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39
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Arkansas, general, 1960, 1962-1963
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Box/Folder
50/12
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Arizona, Phoenix, 1960-1961, undated
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California
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Box/Folder
50/13
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39
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Berkeley, 1959, 1962-1964
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Box/Folder
51/1
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39
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General, 1958-1963
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Box/Folder
51/2
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Los Angeles, 1961-1964
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Box/Folder
51/3
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Oakland, 1960-1962
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Box/Folder
51/4
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San Diego, 1962-1963
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Box/Folder
51/5
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San Fernando, 1962-1964
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Box/Folder
51/6
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39
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San Francisco, 1961-1963, undated
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Box/Folder
51/7
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40
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Santa Clara Valley, 1962-1963
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Box/Folder
51/8
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Santa Monica, 1962-1963
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Box/Folder
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Stockton, 1960-1962, undated
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Box/Folder
51/10
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Colorado, Denver, 1961-1964
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Connecticut
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Box/Folder
51/11
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40
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Bridgeport, 1961-1962, undated
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Box/Folder
51/12
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General, 1960-1964
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Box/Folder
52/1
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Hartford, 1962-1963, undated
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Box/Folder
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New Haven, 1961-1964
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Box/Folder
52/3
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40
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Delaware, general, 1954, 1961
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Florida
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Box/Folder
52/4
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40
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Tallahassee, 1960-1963, undated
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Box/Folder
52/5
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40
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General, 1959-1963, 1965, undated
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Georgia
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Box/Folder
52/6
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40
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Atlanta, 1959-1961, 1963, undated
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Box/Folder
52/7
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40
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General, 1960-1962, 1964, undated
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Illinois
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Box/Folder
52/8
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40
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Alton, 1961, undated
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Box/Folder
52/9
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40
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Chicago, 1959, 1961-1963, undated
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Box/Folder
52/10
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40
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Evanston, 1959-1963
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Box/Folder
52/11
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40
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General, 1960-1962
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Box/Folder
53/1
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40
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Harvey
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Box/Folder
53/2
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Indiana, general
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Box/Folder
53/3
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40
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Iowa, Iowa City
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Kansas
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Box/Folder
53/4
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40
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General
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Box/Folder
53/5
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Hutchinson
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Kentucky
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Box/Folder
53/6
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40
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Frankfort
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Box/Folder
53/7
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General
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Box/Folder
53/8
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40
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Louisville, 1962-1963
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Box/Folder
53/9
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40
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Northern
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Louisiana
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Box/Folder
53/10
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40
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Baton Rouge
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Box/Folder
53/11
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40
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General
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Box/Folder
53/12
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40
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New Orleans
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Box/Folder
53/13
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40
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Shreveport
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Maryland
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Box/Folder
53/14
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40
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Annapolis
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Box/Folder
54/1
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40
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Baltimore
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Box/Folder
54/2
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40
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Cambridge
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Box/Folder
54/3
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40
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Cantonville
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Box/Folder
54/4
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40
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Prince George
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Box/Folder
54/5
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41
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Massachusetts, Boston
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Michigan
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Box/Folder
54/6
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41
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Ann Arbor
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Box/Folder
54/7
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41
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Battle Creek
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Box/Folder
54/8
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41
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Detroit
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Box/Folder
54/9
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41
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Grand Rapids
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Box/Folder
54/10
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41
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Mississippi, Jackson
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Missouri
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Box/Folder
54/11
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41
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General
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Box/Folder
54/12
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41
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Kansas City
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Box/Folder
55/1
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41
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St. Louis
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Box/Folder
55/2
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41
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Nevada
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New Jersey
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Box/Folder
55/3
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41
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Bergen County
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Box/Folder
55/4
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41
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General
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Box/Folder
55/5
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41
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Middlesex - Union
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Box/Folder
55/6
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Newark - Essex
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New York
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Box/Folder
55/7
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41
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Area Contacts
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Box/Folder
55/8
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Bronx
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Box/Folder
55/9
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Brooklyn
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Box/Folder
55/10
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City College of New York
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Box/Folder
55/11
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41
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Columbia University
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Box/Folder
55/12
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41
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Downtown CORE
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Box/Folder
55/13
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41
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General
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Box/Folder
55/14
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41
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Long Island Student Group
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Box/Folder
55/15
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41
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Long Island University CORE
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Box/Folder
56/1-2
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41
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New York
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Box/Folder
56/3
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41
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Minutes
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Box/Folder
56/4
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41
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Press, pamphlets, etc.
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Box/Folder
56/5
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New York University
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Box/Folder
56/6
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41
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Queens
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Box/Folder
56/7
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41
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Rochester
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Box/Folder
56/8
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41
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Staten Island
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Box/Folder
56/9
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41
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Suffolk County
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Box/Folder
56/10-11
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41
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Syracuse
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North Carolina
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Box/Folder
57/1
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42
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Chapel Hill
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Box/Folder
57/2
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42
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Durham
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Box/Folder
57/3
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42
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Greensboro
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Box/Folder
57/4
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42
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High Point
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Box/Folder
57/5
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42
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Monroe
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Box/Folder
57/6
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42
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Raleigh
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Box/Folder
57/7
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42
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North Dakota, Grand Fords
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Ohio
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Box/Folder
57/8
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42
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Cincinnati
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Box/Folder
57/9-10
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42
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Cleveland
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Box/Folder
57/11
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42
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Columbus
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Box/Folder
58/1
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42
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Dayton
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Box/Folder
58/2
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42
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General
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Box/Folder
58/3
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42
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Toledo
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Box/Folder
58/4
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42
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Yellow Springs
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Oregon
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Box/Folder
585
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42
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Eugene
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Box/Folder
58/6
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42
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Portland
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Pennsylvania
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Box/Folder
58/7
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42
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General
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Box/Folder
58/8-11
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42
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Philadelphia
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Box/Folder
59/1
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42
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Rhode Island, general
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South Carolina
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Box/Folder
59/2
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42
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Claredon County
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Box/Folder
59/3
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42
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Columbia
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Box/Folder
59/4
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42
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General
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Box/Folder
59/5
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42
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Marion County
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Box/Folder
59/6
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42
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Orangeburg
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Box/Folder
59/7
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42
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Rock Hill
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Box/Folder
59/8
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42
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Spartanburg
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Sumter
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Box/Folder
59/9
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42
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Morris College
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Box/Folder
59/10
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42
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Sumter
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Tennessee
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Box/Folder
59/11
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42
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General
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Box/Folder
59/12
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42
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Lebanon
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Box/Folder
59/13
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42
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Memphis
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Box/Folder
59/14
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42
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Nashville
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Box/Folder
59/15
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42
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Oak Ridge
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Box/Folder
59/16
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43
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Texas, general
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Virginia
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Box/Folder
59/17
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43
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Alexandria
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Box/Folder
59/18
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43
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Arlington
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Box/Folder
60/1
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43
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Charlottsville
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Box/Folder
60/2
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43
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General
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Box/Folder
60/3
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43
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Norfolk
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Box/Folder
60/4
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43
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Petersburg
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Washington (State)
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Box/Folder
60/5
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43
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General
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Box/Folder
60/6-7
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43
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Seattle
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Box/Folder
60/8
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43
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Washington, D.C.
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West Virginia
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Box/Folder
60/9
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43
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Charleston
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Box/Folder
60/10
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43
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Huntington
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Box/Folder
60/11
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43
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Wisconsin, general
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National Office Projects
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Box/Folder
61/1
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43
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A and P
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Box/Folder
61/2
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43
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Bank of America
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Box/Folder
61/3
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43
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Brotherhood Trip
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Box/Folder
61/4
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43
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Civil Rights Bill Testing Forms
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Freedom Rides
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Box/Folder
61/5
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43
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Appealed Trials
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Box/Folder
61/6
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43
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Applicants - Jailed F.R.
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Box/Folder
61/7
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43
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Applications - Cancel
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Box/Folder
61/8
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43
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Applications
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Box/Folder
61/9
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44
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Appraisals
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Box/Folder
61/10
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44
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Arraignment, 1961 September
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Box/Folder
62/1
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44
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Bibliography, 1961
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Box/Folder
62/2
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44
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Bond Information
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Box/Folder
62/3
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44
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Correspondence
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Box/Folder
62/4
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44
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Film - Lockhart Agency
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Box/Folder
62/5
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44
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Final Reports
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Box/Folder
62/6
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44
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Information requests
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Box/Folder
62/7
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Lists of Riders
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Miscellaneous
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Mississippi, 1961
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62/10
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Motivational Study
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62/11
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Original Freedom Riders, 1961
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62/12
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Support
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62/13
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Trials
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Journey of Reconciliation
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62/14
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1947-1948
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63/1
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1949
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Task Force
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63/2
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Applications
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Applications, Florida
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Chicago
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1964 May-July
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1964 August-December, undated
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Circulars
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63/7
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Correspondence
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Information requests, 1963-1964
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Louisiana
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1964 January, April-May
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64/1
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1964 May
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1964 June
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Reports, 1964
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64/4
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McCain, James T.
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64/5
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Miscellaneous
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64/6
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Mississippi
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64/7
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Mississippi, COFO
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64/8
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New Jersey, Newark
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Box/Folder
64/9
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North Carolina
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Box/Volume
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Commission of Inquiry into the Administration of Justice in the Freedom Struggle, 1962 May 25, 26
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