Letter from Permanent Committee for Better Schools in Harlem to Gov. Lehman

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NYSA_13682-53_B100_F24_001
Description
Letter from Lucile Spence, secretary of the Permanent Committee for Better Schools in Harlem, to Governor Herbert Lehman, 1937. The Committee urged the governor to support the work of the New York State Temporary Commission on the Condition of the Urban Colored Population, saying that only state action could publicize and address discrimination. December 18,1937.
New York State Archives, New York (State). Governor (1933-1942 : Lehman). Central subject and correspondence files, 1933-1942. Series 13682-53, Box 100, Folder 24.
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Letter from Mary A Young Concerning Workplace Discrimination

Identifier
NYSA_A4278-78_B3_F116_001
Description
Letter by Mary A. Young alleging racial discrimination in hiring, 1942. Young indicated that she and two friends had applied for clerical positions, but had "not very subtly" been passed over because of racial discrimination by the employment agency.
New York State Archives, New York State War Council. Committee on Discrimination in Employment. Minutes and investigations files, 1941-1945. Series A4278-78, Box 3, Folder 116.
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Hillburn Petition

Identifier
NYSA_B0496-05_04915_Petition_1943-09-22
Description
In the fall of 1943, Commissioner Stoddard received a petition from the African American residents of the Village of Hillburn for equal educational opportunities for their children. For more than a decade, the parents of African American children in this small New York community had struggled to obtain the same level of educational accommodations as the white children in their village. A redrawing of the district lines in the 1930s placed all but a few African American students in the Brook School which lacked indoor plumbing, a library, and an area for recreation. All of the white students, according to the new district lines, were assigned to the Main School which was newer and furnished with all the modern amenities.
New York State Archives. New York State Education Department. Office of Counsel files of appeals to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Education, and Board of Regents.
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