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Letters alleging discriminations against Blacks by Birmingham, Alabama, State Employment Service Office. Complaint that the office is disregarding the civil service eligible lists for Black job applicants.

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Concerning a conference to be held with the Alabama State Employment Service on the problems of Black employment and racial discrimination.

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Report on the relationship between the Alabama State Employment Service and Black job applicants. Statistics on population, 1910-1933, emergency relief recipients, occupations, local industry, and data on job applicants and employee placement divided by race in Birmingham and Alabama. Report of conference held with service concerning Black employment and racial discrimination. Proposal for urban renewal in Birmingham. 1934,1938.

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Newspaper article and correspondence re the opening of a Black employment service. Alleged discrimination against Blacks by Arizona State Employment Service.

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Alleged discrimination against Blacks by Arkansas State Employment Service concerning civil service merit examinations and eligible lists in Little Rock.

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Report on the relationship between the Arkansas State Employment Service and Black job applicants, Statistics on population, 1910-1933, emergency relief recipients, occupations, local industry and data on job applicants and employee placements divided by race for Little Rock and Arkansas. Examines cotton industry, tenant farming, housing and slave labor in Arkansas.

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Alleged discriminations against Blacks in staffing by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Shasta Dam Project, Shasta County, Tulare California.

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Correspondence re WPA funding for study of Black unemployment in California. Alleged discrimination against Blacks by the California State Employment Service.

Scope and Contents Report of 1935 study on white collar and skilled and professional Blacks in Los Angeles, County, California funded by the WPA. Includes racial statistics on population, educational level, extent of training and the extent to which the training affected their socio-economic status. Also report including racial statistics on population (1910-1935), emergency relief recipients, occupations, local industry and California State Employment Service data divided by race in Los Angeles, Oakland, and...