Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Center for National Policy Review records, 1959-1986 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1959-1986 |
Bulk Dates | 1971-1985 |
ID No. | MSS62004 |
Creator | Center for National Policy Review (U.S.) |
Extent | 50,300 items |
Extent | 172 containers plus 1 oversize |
Extent | 68.4 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011007 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm87062004 |
Summary | 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. 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. |