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Title | Senate Committee Hearing on Separation of Power, 16 October 1981. Includes Annual Financial report of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 30 June 1980, and Questions and Answers on S. 1647, The Neighborhood School Transportation Relief Act of 1981 |
Reference | James B. McMillan Papers (04676), Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Library | Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Collection Name | James B. McMillan Papers, 1960s-1980s |
Collection Overview | Administrative files, case memoranda, trial notes, orders filed, speeches, court calendars, and other materials chiefly relating to McMillan's tenure as U.S. district court judge. Included are files relating to Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1969), which established busing as a national tool for school integration. |
Series Description | Office files including official court papers, correspondence, background material, working papers, and notes. Correspondence includes letters and clippings sent to McMillan in response to the decision and its aftermath. Letters range in content from death threats and denouncements to thoughtful support; many describe personal suffering resulting from the decision. |
Date | 1969 - 17 Oct 1981 |
Description | Part of Subseries 1.1: Office Files |
Document Type | Legal Document; Newspaper; Report; Correspondence |
Theme(s) | Legislation and Legal Cases; Education and Training; Poverty and Discrimination |
Keywords | education, segregation, desegregation, schools, legal cases, busing, legislation, discrimination, students, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of UNC University Libraries. |
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Senate committee hearing, separation of power, 16 October 1981 |
Copyright | Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |