School integration
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Austin High School Records
Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-auhs
Abstract
This collection documents Austin High School from its earliest days in the 1870s through the federally mandated desegregation attempts of the 1960s and 1970s. The documentation includes histories, news clippings, photographs, programs, student publications and yearbooks.
Dates:
1881 - 1987
Faith Rich Papers
Collection
Identifier: spe-c00123
Abstract
Faith Rich (1909-1990) was a white community activist, educator and volunteer with numerous organizations including the Chicago Westside Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Independent Voters of Illinois (IVI), the 15th Place Block Club, the Literacy Council of Chicago and local PTAs. She focused her organizing efforts on issues of civil rights, desegregation of schools and neighborhoods, equality in...
Dates:
1821 - 1993; Majority of material found in 1938-1980s