Summary Information
National Student Coalition Against Racism Records
1974-1978
- National Student Coalition Against Racism
Mss 483
0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of a national organization of students formed in 1975 to encourage minority rights. Included are flyers, form letters, press releases, clippings, and some correspondence, which primarily relate to various rallies, marches, and meetings, particularly those held in Boston, NSCAR's headquarters. The papers do little, however, to illuminate the decisions and policies formulated by staff members.
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Biography/History
The National Student Coalition Against Racism (NSCAR) had its origins among supporters of a march against racism held in Boston on December 13 and 14, 1974. As the Student Committee for the December 14th March, the group organized student support for the march and teach-in; from this gathering
was formed NSCAR, which held its first national conference February 14-16, 1975. This meeting of 250 students representing numerous college campuses and campus organizations, proclaimed as goals for the organization the defense of minority rights, especially school busing, school desegregation, and equal educational opportunities. Second and third national conferences were held, as well as marches, and strategy and protest meetings; many of these were centered in Boston, site of NSCAR headquarters, and also of many attacks on minority rights during these years. Coalition members included the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) and the Young Workers Liberation League (YWLL), the latter being the United States affiliate of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.
NSCAR leaders Hattie McCutcheon and Maceo Dixon expanded the group's activities to include defense work for Joan Little and other black political prisoners, and opposition to South African apartheid. These leaders held press conferences, published a newspaper and a newsletter, and maintained a speakers' bureau. Local chapters of the organization were established in cities and on campuses throughout the country. The present headquarters of NSCAR are located in New York City.
Scope and Content Note
Most of the records in this collection are printed fliers, form letters, press releases, newsclippings, and similar material. They document the activities of the organization, but do little to illuminate the decisions and policies formulated by staff members. Nor is much information present regarding coalition members and groups. For example, the conflict and final split between NSCAR and YWLL is poorly documented. General information about NSCAR may be found in the folders of correspondence, history and organization, FBI surveillance files, and press releases. Material on NSCAR activities includes correspondence relating to each meeting or march planned by NSCAR or other groups, fliers, lists of endorsers, newsclippings, and other documents. Chapter records are primarily fliers and other printed material.
Related Material
Other sources include issues of the Student Mobilizer and NSCAR Newsletter, which have been separated to the State Historical Society's Library.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by the National Student Coalition Against Racism, via Ernest Mailhot, 1979. Accession Number: M79-58
Processed by Menzi Behrnd Klodt, September 1979.
Contents List
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Correspondence, General Material, and Miscellaneous, 1975-1978
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History and Organization of NSCAR
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Activities
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National Teach-In and March Against Racism, Boston, December 13-14, 1974
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First National Conference, February 14-16, 1975
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National Freedom March on Boston, May 17, 1975
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Second National Conference, October 10-12, 1975
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March on Boston, April 24, 1976
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Third National Conference, November 19-21, 1976
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Anti-Racist Strategy Meeting and Rally, December 2-3, 1977
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Campaign Against South African Apartheid, 1976-1977
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March to Protest Bakke Decision, April 15, 1978
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Chapters
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New York, 1976-1977
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Others - Fliers and Printed Material
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FBI Surveillance Files, 1975
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Press Releases, 1975-1977
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Proposals for Funding, 1975
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Speakers and Speakers' Bureau
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