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Title
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Kelly Alexander, Jr. memorandum (police, jail and complaints)
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Date Range Start
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1994
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Date Range End
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1995
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Physical Description
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1 folder
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Digital Collection
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Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, 1948-1998
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Series
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Series 2, NAACP, Charlotte
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Subseries
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Subseries 3, Reports, Communications, and Press Releases
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Collection Description
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This collection documents the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with an emphasis on the work and correspondence of Kelly Alexander, Sr. and his sons Kelly Alexander, Jr. and Alfred Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, press releases, membership records, and a few photographs. Topics covered include school segregation, housing and employment discrimination, police misconduct, and the Charlotte Area Fund.
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Series Description
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This series contains material related to the work of the NAACP in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Alexander family's involvement in the organization over the course of several decades. There is a wide variety of topics covered in the documents, including voting discrimination; the Freedom Fund; Youth Council activities; and correspondence with notable figures throughout the Charlotte area, including Alfred Alexander and Julius Chambers.
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Creator
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Alexander, Kelly M.
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Publisher
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J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Genre
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manuscripts (document genre)
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Language
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eng
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Subjects--Names
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Alexander, Kelly M.
Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948-
Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
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Subjects--Organizations
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch
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Subjects--Topics
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African Americans
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
African Americans--Housing
Racism--Political aspects
Race discrimination
Police brutality
Police misconduct
Race relations
Politics and government
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Subjects--Places
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North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
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Digital Project
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Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city
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Original Collection
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Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP
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Physical Location
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Manuscripts--10th Floor, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Call Number
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Manuscript 508
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Physical Containers
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Box 8, Folder 19
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Finding Aid
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https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701
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Collection Note
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This collection is part of Living Charlotte (http://livingcharlotte.uncc.edu/), a digital project that documents economic growth and social change in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the decades following World War II.
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Rights Statement
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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Rights Holder Information
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Atkins Library provides access to this item based on either permission from the rightsholder, fair use or another copyright exception, or because we believe it to be in the public domain. Atkins Library makes no warranties as to the copyright status of this item; responsibility for making an independent legal assessment and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with the individual user. If you have additional information about this item, or if you claim its copyright, please contact us.
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Funding Note
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Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
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Identifier
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naacp-ms508-0208019
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Date Digitized
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2016-03-16