This series contains information on Lehman's efforts to support civil rights legislation. It includes material on fair employment legislation, reports and correspondence on housing discrimination, and documents on the cases of black soldiers who were denied access to classes at several Southern universities, despite a program that provided the classes for free to soldiers. There is also material on filibusters, a tactic Lehman opposed and hoped to eliminate. It includes letters from those facing discrimination, correspondence between Lehman's office and other government officials, goals and plans for meeting with officials, and press releases.
Box 1 Folder 1
Army Education Segregation-W.B.W. Personal File, 1956
Box 1 Folder 2
Army and Education I: University of South Carolina, 1949-1956
Box 1 Folder 3
Army and Education II, undated
Box 2 Folder 1-3
Background Material, 1951-1956, (3 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 4
Discharge of H.R., undated
Box 2 Folder 5
Economic Coercion, 1952
Box 2 Folder 6
Election Statistics, 1950-1956
Box 2 Folder 7
Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1950-1955
Box 2 Folder 8
Housing Discrimination, 1947-1956