George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Philip Levy civil rights collection
Levy, Philip, -1970
C0121
/repositories/2/resources/576
1 Linear Feet
2 boxes
1948-1953
This collection contains meeting minutes and grant proposals from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as well as correspondence on civil rights and race relations between senators and NAACP members. Many of the materials deal with the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), issued by Franklin Roosevelt in 1941 as executive order 8802.
English
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Preferred Citation
Philip Levy civil rights collection, C0121, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Collection donor unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in August 2009. Box list created and EAD updated by Amanda Menjivar in 2017.
Biographical Information
Philip Levy was a government official in several capacities, serving on the legal staff of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and as counsel to Senator Robert F. Wagner. Levy practiced private law in Washington, D.C. during a career that spanned 1934-1970. He was directly involved with the development of national labor policy in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s, and maintained a continued interest in labor policy throughout his long career.
Scope and Content
This collection contains meeting minutes and grant proposals from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as well as correspondence on civil rights and race relations between senators and NAACP members. Many of the materials deal with the Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC), issued by Franklin Roosevelt in 1941 as executive order 8802 partly in response to protests organized by A. Philip Randolph. The bill was blocked from federal legislation by the conservative coalition in Congress, but five states passed their own FEPC bills: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Washington. Several documents represented in this collection come from Connecticut.
The materials in this collection include a 1948 letter on civil rights from President Harry Truman to the Congress; a 1949 statement of Irving M. Engel on behalf of the American Jewish Committee to the House Committee on Labor and the Education Subcommittee on Discrimination in Employment; correspondence of Senator William Benton to Philip Levy, Walter White, and an op-ed to the New York Times; a 70 page "Program for Progress in Race Relations" submitted in 1951 by William H. Hastie, Arthur B. Spingarn, and Walter White on behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; pamphlets from 1949 criticizing the Fair Employment Practices Commission on the bases of reverse discrimination and biological inequality between and among races; statements of Senator Herbert H. Lehman regarding civil rights, including an address to a Dinner of the American Civil Liberties Union; 1951 meeting minutes of the NAACP; and letters from the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund to the Ford Foundation's Program Planning Division requesting support for research on unequal opportunities and world opinion on racial discrimination in the United States. The collection also includes various newsclippings and articles about race relations and civil rights during this time. Particular focus is paid to race relations in Washington, D.C.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject by Special Collections Research Center staff.
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Senator William Benton Correspondence and Federal Fair Employment Practice Act (FEPA) Speech Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381161950-195211Republican Party's Campaign Platform on Civil Rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/138117July-August 195212Newspaper Clippings and Congressional Report on Closure/Cloture in Senate/repositories/2/archival_objects/138118August 195213Civil Rights Legislation and FEPC Act in Connecticut Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381191949-195014"Connecticut State Inter-racial Commission-Highlights of the Annual Report"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381201948-194915Congressional Record,/repositories/2/archival_objects/138121June 194816"Statement of Irving M. Engel on Behalf of the American Jewish Committee To the House Committee on Labor and Education Subcommittee on Discrimination in Employment"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138122May 25, 194917Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) Notes, Correspondence, Report, and News Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381231951-195218NAACP Committee Presentation to the Ford Foundation Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/138124August 1950-December 195119Foreign Relations Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381251952110Senator Herbert H. Lehman Addresses, Remarks, and Statements/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381261950-1952111NAACP Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381271951-1952112Newsclippings on Segregation and Race/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381281950-1961113Handwritten Notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/138129circa 1950s114"The Poll-Tax Question"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138130February 15, 1947115"Preamble to the Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Civil Liberties"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138131February 23-24, 1950116Department of Defense Press Release-"Integration in Far East [Korea] to be Completed by Army"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138132July 26, 1951117"News from NAACP" Newsletters on "Major Candidates on Civil Rights" and "Records of Senators Sparkman, Nixon"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138133July 31, September 11, 1952118"A Program for Progress in Race Relations" by William H. Hastie, Arthur B. Spingarn, and Walter White Manuscript and Responses/repositories/2/archival_objects/138134May-June, 1951119Factual Supplement to "A Program for Progress in Race Relations"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381351951120"Proposals" by Dr. Robert C. Weaver - Proposal for Support of a Research Program on Hispanic Americans/repositories/2/archival_objects/138136circa 1950121Proposed Civil Rights Projects and Handwritten Notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/138137circa 1950122"Quizzing Nixon" - Interview with Then-Senator Nixon - U.S. News and World Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/138138August 29, 1952123"Report on Korea: The Shameful Story of the Courts Martial on Negro Gis" Pamphlet by Thurgood Marshall/repositories/2/archival_objects/138139April 1951124"Segregation in Washington" Booklet/repositories/2/archival_objects/138140November 1948125"Should Negros Back Sparkman?: A Debate" Article in "The New Leader"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138141September 1, 1952126"Survey Graphic" Magazine-"Color-Unfinished Business of Democracy"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138142November 1942127Speech on Civil Rights, Possibly by Senator Benton/repositories/2/archival_objects/138143August-September 1952128President Truman's Message to Congress on Civil Rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/138144February 2, 1948129"Tentative Draft of Statement by Subcommittee Appointed at Breakfast Hill"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138145circa 1950130"Twenty Years of Civil Rights Progrress" by the Democratic National Committee/repositories/2/archival_objects/138146August 22, 1952131Senator Robert F. Wagner Speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381471938132Senator Walter White Correspondence and Articles on Civil Rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381481950-1951133"What the American Negro Wants" - Interview with Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - U.S News and World Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/138149September 5, 1952134Race Relations in Washington, D.C. Documents and Newsclippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1381501950135"The Washington Afro-American" Newspaper/repositories/2/archival_objects/138151January 18, 195521Reprint from American Journal of International Law - United States Congressional Peace Resolution/repositories/2/archival_objects/138152July 192022"American Diplomacy" by George F. Kennan/repositories/2/archival_objects/138153circa 195023Martin Bursten and William Benton Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/138154April 195224U.S. News and World Report Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/138155195225FEPA - "Speech of Senator William Benton of Connecticut in the Senate of the Unite States"/repositories/2/archival_objects/138156May 9, 195026Universal Declaration of Human Rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/138157January 194927An electronic box inventory is unavailable. Please contact speccoll@gmu.edu for more information./repositories/2/archival_objects/25302Scope and Contents note