Center for National Policy Review records
Contributors: Taylor, William L., 1931-2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: United States. Dept. of Justice; Trials, litigation; Administrative agencies; Segregation in education; Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights (U.S.); Indianapolis (Ind.). Board of School Commissioners; Minorities; School integration; Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Discrimination in education; Discrimination in employment; Jefferson County (Ky.).; Columbus School of Law. Center for National Policy Review; Poor; United States; Board of Education of the City of St. Louis, Mo; Richmond (Va.).; Jefferson County (Ky.). Board of Education; Bills, legislative; Columbus School of Law; Civil rights; Law and legislation; United States Commission on Civil Rights; Discrimination in housing; Richmond (Va.). School Board; Study and teaching; Courts; Indianapolis (Ind.).; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Law; Legal status, laws
Description: Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, reports, legal case files, printed material, and other papers relating to the work of the center and its director, William L. Taylor, in the surveillance of federal agencies for compliance with federal laws against discrimination, review of federal legislation and agency regulations, participation in lawsuits challenging infringements of civil rights, and dissemination of information to the public regarding the status of laws and government actions affecting equal rights of minorities and the poor.  Topics include discrimination in education, employment, and housing; civil rights enforcement by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Dept. of Justice, and federal court system; the program in advocacy law at Columbus School of Law; and the center's cooperation with other civil rights organizations including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund.  Legal case files pertain chiefly to school integration and include Bradley v. Richmond School Board (Va.), Evans v. Buchanan (Wilmington, Del.), Haycraft v. Jefferson County Board of Education (Louisville, Ky.), Liddell v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis (Mo.), and U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners of Indianapolis (Ind.).
Notes: Restrictions apply.

Gift, William L. Taylor, director, Center for National Policy Review, Inc., 1986 and 1998.

Public interest organization concerned with enforcement of and compliance with federal civil rights laws; created in 1970 by civil rights attorney William L. Taylor and affiliated with Columbus School of Law, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., until 1985.

Collection material in English.

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