Box R.02

Stories documented in the racial prejudice files describe the way Jim Crow racial segregation was enforced, imposed, and fought in specific instances and varying contexts. Types of documents include photographs, legal documents, reports, letters, press releases, publications, draft articles, clippings, transcripts and writings. The majority of material in this group of folders dates from the 1920s through the 1940s.

Includes the 1941 Hansberry Foundation pamphlet "Jim Crow Cars Abolished," regarding racial discrimination in interstate travel, and the 1947 pamphlet "Segregation on Common Carriers" by James Wallace.

Coverage of Mt Royal Association's and North Avenue neighborhood leaders' efforts to maintain racial segregation.

See also "Restrictive Covenants"

Writings and printed material regarding residential segregation laws in Richmond, Va., West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky

Note on original folder reads "See also: Education; Colleges (in College Drawer)"; includes a report of the 1935-1937 session of a Pennsylvania state legislative committee regarding University of Pittsburgh;