National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1947-1979
Scope and Contents
Konvitz was a member of the Legal Committee. Correspondence with Walter White, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of colored People, and other officials regarding the establishment of an International Court of Human rights; relative to George Schuyler who, it was alleged, deliberately falsified facts regarding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; with Thurgood Marshall, Special Counsel, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People regarding the South Carolina Democratic Party (1948) excluding blacks; discrimination in the National Guard, dining cars; with W.E.B. DuBois, Director, Department of Special Research with relation to the legal status of the Negroes; report to the United Nations on the rights of American Negroes; with Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary relative to his speaking engagement at Cornell University and other routine issues; with Jack Greenberg, Director Counsel, Legal Defense and Education Fund, Incorporated, regarding sit-in cases before the Supreme Court as well as other cases.
Dates
- 1947-1979
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, German, Yiddish
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
204.78 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository