Box 31
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence
Item — Box: 31, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.1_31_3_1
Scope and Contents
Protecting Civil Rights
H.R.280, 1947
Item — Box: 31, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.1_31_3_2
Scope and Contents
Powell: "To amend the Interstate Commerce Act (U.S. C., title 9, Sec.3(1)), so as to prohibit the segregation of passengers on account of race or color." 80th Congress, 1st Session. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
H.R.22, 1949
Item — Box: 31, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.1_31_3_3
Scope and Contents
Powell: "To amend the Interstate Commerce Act (U.S. C., title 49, sec.3(1)), so as to prohibit the segregation of passengers on account of race of color." 81st Congress, 1st Session. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
H.R.24, 1949
Item — Box: 31, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.1_31_3_4
Scope and Contents
Powell: "To assure to all persons within the District of Columbia full and equal privileges of places of public education, accommodation, resort, entertainment, and amusement, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 1st Session. Committee on the District of Columbia
Civil Rights
File — Box: 31, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_014_3.1_31_3_0000
Scope and Contents
The Douglas Collection covers the former congresswoman's life from her early stage career until her death in 1980. Because the bulk of the materials document her years in Congress, the collection is especially rich in covering events and issues central to the immediate post-World War II era. Due to her service on the Foreign Affairs Committee, there is a large amount of material on the earliest years of the Cold War and the establishment of the new world order. Other topics of note include the...