Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) - Railroad Cases - Press Releases, 1943

Scope and Contents

Includes multiple press releases from civil rights organizations urging the FEPC to reschedule railroad hearings that were cancelled in January 1943. Also includes a protest letter signed by Charles Houston and a release by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Provisional Committee to organize Colored Locomotive Firemen dated December 1, 1943.

Dates

Creation: 1943

Document Types

Press releases

Additional Description

Arrangement

Detailed documentation of the committee's hearings is arranged geographically by state, with hearings in California and Oregon filed under the heading "West Coast Cases." Files concerning Railroad Cases, which addressed practices across the country, are arranged under the heading "Railroad cases." Material documenting advocacy for ongoing fair employment laws post-WWII is arranged geographically for state and municipal efforts, or under the heading "National Council for a Permanent FEPC."

Processing Information

Files on the Fair Employment Practice Commission have been processed using detailed processing techniques. This means that each folder has been described with document types and inclusive dates. Folder headings have been verified against content, and in some cases, content has been arranged in more detail and assigned new subheadings to facilitate access.