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New Haven (Conn.) -- Race relations

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Grant Oral History Project records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1805
Abstract:

Thirteen hours of interviews, done in 2001-2002 by Justin Ruben, with Edward Grant, New Haven African-American activist; photocopies of Ruben's interview notes; and "The Sometimes Angry Not So Young Black Man of New Haven," a paper written by Ruben for History 454a (graduate course in American history), based on the Grant interviews.

Dates: 2001-2002
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Edward Grant Oral History Project records

Richard Charles Lee papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 318
Abstract: The papers contain correspondence, memoranda, position papers, reports, speeches, appointment books, photographs, scrapbooks, and films documenting the career of Richard C. Lee, mayor of New Haven, 1954-1969. The Lee Papers document the professional and public life of Lee, not his personal life. The papers contain correspondence and other materials on the practice of urban politics, urban renewal, New Haven's efforts in the war on poverty, civil rights and race relations, town-gown...
Dates: 1934-2000
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Richard Charles Lee papers

Catherine Roraback Collection of Ericka Huggins Papers

 Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 96
Abstract:

The Catherine Roraback Collection of Ericka Huggins papers consists of materials compiled by attorney Catherine Roraback during the New Haven trial of Black Panther Party leader Ericka Huggins. Included in the collection are Huggins' legal files, prison writings, clippings, correspondence and other documentation of the trial and Huggins' imprisonment.

Dates: 1961-2000, bulk 1969-1971
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Catherine Roraback Collection of Ericka Huggins Papers

John R. Williams papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1398
Abstract: The papers consist of photocopies of correspondence, memoranda, clippings, printed material, transcripts of telephone conversations, and other declassified material from the national headquarters and New Haven, Connecticut office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, pertaining to the New Haven Chapter of the Black Panther Party. The papers document the investigation of the 1969 murder of Alex Rackley, the subsequent arrests of Bobby Seale and other party members, the surveillance of...
Dates: 1966-1977
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > John R. Williams papers