Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) - United States - Maryland - Baltimore, 1944-1946, 1954-1957, 1965
Scope and Contents
Documentation of efforts to draft, pass, and enforce a local FEPC ordinance in Baltimore City.
Extent
4 folders
Dates
- Creation: 1944-1946
- Creation: 1954-1957
- Creation: 1965
Document Types
Government publications, Writings, Notes, Clippings, Press release, Photographs
Legacy Description
clippings; Contains materials related to the ordinances and activities supported by formal and informal FEPC work in Baltimore, including identifying discriminatory practices in Baltimore's transportation industries. Coverage of employment practices of C.P. Telephone Co. and Baltimore Transit Company.
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
Folder title changed from "FEPC - The Signing of 1956"
Repository Details
Part of the AFRO American Newspapers Archives Repository