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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm98084253
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Anna Arnold Hedgeman, African-American civil rights leader and educator, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1998.
The papers of Anna Arnold Hedgeman were arranged and described in 1999. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Anna Arnold Hedgeman is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Anna Arnold Hedgeman are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Anna Arnold Hedgeman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Anna Arnold Hedgeman (1899-1990) span the years 1944-1952. The papers include correspondence from friends, family, and associates in educational reform or civil rights activities, newsletters from various organizations, reports, speeches, minutes of meetings, and newspaper clippings.
The largest and strongest part of the papers concerns the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC). Franklin Roosevelt created the committee in 1941 in response to the threat of a protest march on Washington by African Americans led by A. Philip Randolph. The FEPC was authorized to investigate complaints of job discrimination based on race, color, creed, or national origin and to require antidiscrimination clauses in defense contracts. When the FEPC's wartime mandate expired, the National Council for a Permanent FEPC was formed to lobby Congress. Hedgeman served as executive secretary. The papers document Hedgeman's activities, grass-roots organizing efforts, lobbying strategies, and press reactions to this unsuccessful effort to create a postwar FEPC.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm98084253