Little Rock (Ark.) -- Race relations
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Daisy Bates Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 582
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of twelve boxes of correspondence and other documents, photographs, audio cassettes, and film. The files include correspondence resulting from her work and that of her husband, L.C. Bates, with the NAACP between 1957 and 1974. Significant correspondents include Harry Ashmore, Dale Bumpers, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Orval Faubus, and Roy Wilkins. An index of correspondents is located at the end of this finding aid. Other materials in the collection include honors and...
Dates:
1940-1988
Found in:
Special Collections Department
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Daisy Bates Papers
Sarah Alderman Murphy Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1321
Scope and Content Note
This collection is a combination of papers accumulated by Murphy during her years as an activist and materials used in writing her book. Among the latter are the papers of Billie Wilson, a former member of WEC. Wilson gave Murphy her papers, which included correspondence, pamphlets, and press clippings, to aid in the writing of Breaking the Silence. Because of the overlapping subject matter in Murphy's and Wilson's papers, Wilson's materials have been...
Dates:
1950-1994