Box 8
Contains 34 Results:
Discrimination - African-American trainmen on Kentucky Div., filing petition for Writ of Mandamus, 1932-1939
to compel the NRAB to hear complaint of Louisville Lodge #10, Association of Colored Railway Trainmen vs. Illinois Central Railroad Company
Discrimination - Seniority rule as between white and African-American firemen, 1924-1941
Discrimination - Seniority rights of Gilbert Clayborne, switchman, Memphis TN, 1935-1939
Correspondence to and from George E. Washington, Mr. Clayborne's representative. (see box 18, folder 5 for additional materials on this case).
Discrimination - Seniority rights of African-American switchmen and brakemen; suits of various employees [folder 1 of 2], 1925-1941
Discrimination - Seniority rights of African-American switchmen and brakemen; suits of various employees [folder 2 of 2], 1925-1941
Discrimination - Internal report on intimidation of, violence against, and murder of African-American employees [folder 1 of 2], 1934
Includes different drafts of report and memoranda describing conditions faced by African-American employees. The names of the victims are included in lists made during the three waves of violence in 1916, 1921-1922, and 1932-1933.
Discrimination - Shootings of African-American employees, Louisiana division, 1932-1933
Partial correspondence file of Chief Special Agent T. T. Keliher
Discrimination - Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith, 1933-1939
These two white ICRR trainmen were arrested for, confessed to, and tried for the murders and attempted murders of African-American ICRR trainmen in Jackson, Mississippi. They were found not guilty in a jury trial, and then sued the ICRR for back-pay, slander, and wrongful termination. Folder contains a memorandum, dated July 22, 1937, that contains the entire narrative of the shootings.
Discrimination - Reinstatement of Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith [1 of 5], 1934-1937
Correspondence, legal proceedings, court filings, and memoranda
Discrimination - Reinstatement of Reatie Lee and Emmett Smith [2 of 5], 1938
Correspondence, legal proceedings, court filings, and memoranda