Human Rights

(HU)

The subject "Human Rights" is used for all material pertaining to human and civil rights, the promotion and denial of such rights, discrimination, or discriminatory practices, and matters relating to segregation, idealogies, and voting rights, including all complaints about such matters.

HU

Human Rights

Opened 12/72

Box 1

Human Rights Year, Supplementary Slavery Convention, ethnic groups, "Bill of Rights" and "Bill of Responsibility." Also contains some civil rights material which should be classified HU 2.

HU 1

Citizenship

Opened 12/72

Box 2

Citizenship programs, procedures for obtaining citizenship, acts of good citizenship, renunciation of citizenship, and congratulations to new citizens.

HU 2

Equality of the Races

Opened 12/72

Boxes 2-20

Meetings with civil rights leaders; subcabinet group on civil rights; civil rights activities and programs including the 1964 Civil Rights Act [public accommodations]; hospital compliance reports [also classified IS 1 and HE 5]; Neighborhood Centers; Mexican American race relations; accomplishments of the Johnson Administration in civil rights; Negro appointees; reports on civil disturbances; some material on the Detroit riots in 1967 [see also HU 2/ST 22]; Negro statistical information; the Kerner Commission [see also FG 690]; use of federal troops in civil disorders; and rioting after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. [see also HU 2/ST 13 and HU 2/ST 20].

HU 2/MC

Equality of Races/Meetings and Conferences

Opened 12/72

Boxes 22-24

White House Conference, "To Fulfill These Rights," June 1-2, including agenda papers, participants, planning sessions and reports; Mexican American Unity Conference, April 28 - 29, 1966; White House staff meeting with Mexican Americans, October 28, 1966; proposed conference on problems of Spanish-speaking people; and miscellaneous other meetings.

HU 2/ST

Equality of Races/States

Opened 12/72

Boxes 24

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 1

Equality of Races/Alabama

Opened 12/72

Boxes 24-25, 27-29

Documents center on the demonstrations and the controversy over the voting rights of Negroes in Selma, Alabama; the march led by Martin Luther King, Jr.; Gov. George Wallace's meeting with President Johnson; and the decision to send federal troops to Alabama.

HU 2/ST 2

Equality of Races/Alaska

Opened 12/72

Boxes 25, 29

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 3

Equality of Races/Arizona

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 4

Equality of Races/Arkansas

Opened 12/72

Boxes 25, 29

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 5

Equality of Races/California

Opened 12/72

Boxes 25, 29-30

The events and aftermath of the riot in Watts, Los Angeles, August 11-15, 1965; calling up of federal troops; decision whether or not to declare Watts a disaster area; situation reports on daily events; programs to improve the conditions which caused the riots; Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots chaired by John McCone, report and action on report's recommendations [Report filed oversize attachment 186]; and the President's task force on the riots. Several items not dated and filed 3/21/66 relate to the August 1965 riots and particularly to the Governor's Commssion.

HU 2/ST 6

Equality of Races/Colorado

Opened 12/72

Boxes 25, 30

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 7

Equality of Races/Connecticut

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 8

Equality of Races/Delaware

Opened 12/72

Not used

HU 2/ST 9

Equality of Races/Florida

Opened 12/72

Boxes 25, 30

A few documents on racial violence in Florida.

HU 2/ST 10

Equality of Races/Georgia

Opened 12/72

Boxes 25, 30

A few documents on racial violence in Georgia.

HU 2/ST 11

Equality of Races/Hawaii

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 13

Equality of Races/Illinois

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 31

Material on riots in Chicago in July 1966 and in April 1968 following the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes information on the sending of Federal troops during the April 1968 riots

HU 2/ST 14

Equality of Races/Indiana

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 31

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 15

Equality of Races/Iowa

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 16

Equality of Races/Kansas

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 17

Equality of Races/Kentucky

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 18

Equality of Races/Louisiana

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 31

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 19

Equality of Races/Maine

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 20

Equality of Races/Maryland

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 31

Material on the riots and the sending of Federal troops in April 1968, after the death of Martin Luther.King, Jr.

HU 2/ST 21

Equality of Races/Massachusetts

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 31

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 22

Equality of Races/Michigan

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 31-37

Detroit riots, July 1967 reports on disturbances, executive order and proclamation calling out Federal troops, Mayor Cavanagh's Special Committee to study the July riots, and statements by officials about the riots.

HU 2/ST 23

Equality of Races/Minnesota

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 24

Equality of Races/Mississippi

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26-27, 38-40

J. Edgar Hoover trip to Mississippi, July 1964; Allen Dulles trip to Mississippi, June 1964; investigation of the three missing civil rights workers; and disorder in Natchez.

HU 2/ST 25

Equality of Races/Missouri

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 26

Equality of Races/Montana

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 27

Equality of Races/Nebraska

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 40

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 28

Equality of Races/Nevada

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 29

Equality of Races/New Hampshire

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 30

Equality of Races/New Jersey

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 40

Material on the riots in Newark, July 1967.

HU 2/ST 31

Equality of Races/New Mexico

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 32

Equality of Races/New York

Opened 12/72

Boxes 26, 41

A few documents dealing with civil rights problems in N. Y.

HU 2/ST 33

Equality of Races/North Carolina

Opened 12/72

Boxes 27, 41

Miscellaneous documents dealing with civil rights problems in North Carolina.

HU 2/ST 34

Equality of Races/North Dakota

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 35

Equality of Races/Ohio

Opened 12/72

Boxes 27, 41

Material on the civil disturbances in Cleveland, July 23-24, 1968.

HU 2/ST 36

Equality of Races/Oklahoma

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 37

Equality of Races/Oregon

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 38

Equality of Races/Pennsylvania

Opened 12/72

Boxes 27, 41

Material on civil rights problems in Pennsylvania.

HU 2/ST 39

Equality of Races/Rhode Island

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 40

Equality of Races/South Carolina

Opened 12/72

Boxes 27, 41

Material on civil rights problems in South Carolina.

HU 2/ST 41

Equality of Races/South Dakota

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 42

Equality of Races/Tennessee

Opened 12/72

Boxes 27, 41

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 43

Equality of Races/Texas

Opened 12/72

Boxes 27, 41

Material on compliance with civil rights laws in Texas.

HU 2/ST 44

Equality of Races/Utah

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 45

Equality of Races/Vermont

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 46

Equality of Races/Virginia

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 47

Equality of Races/Washington

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2/ST 48

Equality of Races/West Virginia

Opened 12/72

Boxes 27, 41

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 49

Equality of Races/Wisconsin

Opened 12/72

Boxes 27, 41

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2/ST 50

Equality of Races/Wyoming

Opened 12/72

Not used.

HU 2-1/FG 216

Employment/District of Columbia

Opened 12/72

Box 46

Correspondence concerning alleged job discrimination in the District of Columbia.

HU 2-1/MC

Employment/Meetings and Conferences

Opened 12/72

Box 46

White House Conference on Equal Employment Opportunity, 8/19-20/65, Plans for Progress conferences, and reports on Community Leaders' Conferences sponsored by the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.

HU 2-1/ST

Employment/States

Opened 12/72

Boxes 46-47

Miscellaneous suits on discrimination and job programs in various states.

HU 2-2

Housing

Opened 12/72

Boxes 47-48

Alternatives to legislation for achieving equal housing opportunities; joint OEO - Agriculture Conference on Tenants' Rights, 12/9-10/66.

HU 2-2/FG 216

Housing/District of Columbia

Opened 12/72

Box 48

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2-2/ST

Housing/States

Opened 12/72

Boxes 48-49

The delay of federal projects by Proposition 14, an initiative measure passed by voters in California which eliminated California's fair housing laws; material on Colorado's fair housing law; alleged discrimination by HUD in the development of the Chesapeake Heights on the Bay housing project; the growth of minority home ownership in Detroit; and housing discrimination in Cleveland and in Chicago.

HU 2-3

Living-Dining-Facilities

Opened 12/72

Box 49

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2-4

Recreational Facilities

Opened 12/72

Box 49

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2-5

Education-Schooling

Opened 12/72

Boxes 50-53

Initiation of enforcement action against school districts failing to comply with Title VI, progress of school desegregation, application of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of ESEA.

HU 2-5/CO

Education/Schooling by Country

Opened 12/72

Box 53

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2-5/ST

Education/Schooling in the States

Opened 12/72

Boxes 53-54

Contains the same type of material as described in HU 2-5.

HU 2-6

Transportation

Opened 12/72

Box 55

Negligible amount of material.

HU 2-7

Voting

Opened 12/72

Boxes 55-57

Voter listing activity following passage of 1965 Voting Rights Act, abolition of the poll tax, and the right to vote at 18.

HU 3

Equality for Women

Opened 12/72

Box 58

Upgrading of women in government, recognition of women in government, efforts to find exceptional women for high government positions, women's groups and their requests for speakers.

HU 4

Freedoms

Box59-67

Opened 10/73

Includes picketing, marches, and other demonstrations. For picketing in labor strikes See: LA 6.

HU 4-1

Freedom of the Press

Opened 10/73

Box 67

Includes a transcript of television appearance with Sidney Zagri of the Teamsters Union, Joseph Rauh, Chairman of D.C. Democratic Committee, and William Creech, Chief Counsel of the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights , on the problem of Free Trial and Free Press, 11/14/65; correspondence about news reports from Vietnam; and correspondence about freedom of the press in the United States.

HU 4-2

Freedom of Speech

Opened 10/73

Box 67

Correspondence about the right to dissent and Vietnam War dissent.

HU 4-3

Freedom of Religion

Opened 10/73

Box 67

Cross references pertaining to the order of Turkish authorities denying Archbishop Iakovos the right to offer a liturgy at the Church of Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul; cross references and correspondence pertaining to the persecution of various religious groups in foreign countries, including the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union and the status of Christian churches in communist countries; correspondence about religious objections to provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act pertaining to union membership.

HU 5

Genocide

Opened 12/72

Box 68

Anti-Semitism, the United Nations Genocide Convention and the plight of Soviet Jews.

HU 6

Idealogies

Opened 12/72

Boxes 68-73

Racial groups, the Ku Klux Klan, Communism, the John Birch Society and other extremists groups. Also includes patriotism, idealogical groups, and un-American activities.

HU 6/ MC

Opened 12/72

Box 73

President Johnson's meetings with the leaders of national fraternal organizations, 9/21/64 and 9/22/67.