Correspondence

1941-1943

1944-1945

1946

1947

1948-1949, 1964

Constitution, undated; Revision, , 1943; Constitution of Junior Vanguard League

Minutes, Aug. 19, 1941 - March 20, 1950

Minutes of committees

Affidavits of African-American workers

Publications of the Vanguard League: cards, circulars, broadsides, handouts

Miscellaneous

Greater Cleveland Committee on Employment of Negroes in Defense Industries (Report)

“Splitting the Atom in Race Relations,” speech by P. L. Prattis

Anti-discrimination bill introduced into Ohio General Assembly, 1949-1950 Session

Additional records received in 1972 from Barbee William Durham
Scope and Content Note: Durham was a founder of the League and later national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality. These are Xeroxed copies of the League's official bulletin, 1941-1946; correspondence; and reports. The correspondence includes a 1972 letter describing Durham's files, a 1959 letter enclosing two “letters to the editor” which were influential in the formation of the League, and three 1941 letters on early League activities. The reports are titled (1) “Report on Violations of the Civil Rights Law of Ohio in Columbus,” covering 1940-1941, (2) “Defense Housing,” 1942, June, (3) “A Report on Violations of the Ohio Civil Rights Law by Columbus Restaurants,” 1942, summer, and (4) “Some Activities of the Vanguard League in the Field of Labor, 1941 & 42.”

Additional records received in 1975 from Constance Curtis Nichols
Note: These are Xeroxed copies available in the Archives on microfilm only.

Minutes, 1940-1942

Chronological file, 1940-1947

Membership, 1941-1947

Publications, 1944-1969

Broadsides, 1944, 1946, undated

Clippings, 1941-1947