Box 12

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Documents soliciting various state employment services for eligible Black job applicants to work on a Works Progress Administration project. Surveying Black white-collar employees.

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Reports on the relationship between the state employment services and Black job applicants in Dallas, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; Kansas City, Missouri; and Denver, Colorado. Alleged discrimination against Blacks in these areas. Analysis of occupation and characteristics of emergency relief recipients for Chicago, Illinois.

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Documents re Black job applicants requesting aid in securing employment at the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Department.

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Letters from Blacks complaining of discrimination in staffing and employment from various parts of the country.

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Correspondence re Lawrence Oxley's attempts at ensuring employment Black job applicants in the newly created National Archives

Scope and Contents Reports and correspondence concerning NRA fair competition industry codes and Lawrence Oxley's participation on the Labor Advisory Board ensuring against racial discrimination; "A Wage Differential Based on Race," re discrimination against Blacks in wages and NRA fair competition industry codes; "Report on Effect of NRA Codes on Blacks, March 21, 1934," re alleged discrimination against Black workers. Describes the application of NRA fair competition codes to southern industries and the...

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Appeal for exemption from the NRA Act fair competition industry codes for the textile industry by the Central Weaving and Spinning Company of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Discrimination is apparent as the company contends, Blacks are inferior employees. Includes newspaper articles, statistics on Black births and deaths from 1933-1936 in the United States.

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Appeal for exemption from the NRA Act fair competition industry code for the textile industry by the Mente Company of New Orleans, Louisiana and the Selma Manufacturing Company of Selma, Alabama. Discrimination is apparent as the companies contend that Blacks are inferior employees and have a low productivity rate. Statistics on Black property ownership, economic, educational and religious progress in North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia.

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Appeal for exemption from the NRA fair competition industry code for the textile industry by the D. Nachman and Company of Augusta, Georgia. Racial discrimination is apparent as the company contends Black women are inferior employees and have a low productivity rate.