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{"value"=>"1963-2011", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1963/2011"}
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{"value"=>"Clyde Murphy papers"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"Murphy, Clyde", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Clyde Murphy, a lawyer, pursued social justice throughout his career. Born on June 26, 1948, in Topeka, Kansas, Clyde moved to Miami, Florida, along with his father and stepmother, when he was four years old. He attended high school at North Dade Junior-Senior High School, where he excelled academically, wrote and took photographs for the school paper, and played the trumpet. He also attended the Yale University Summer High School for two summers, 1965-1966. Murphy graduated from Yale University in 1970, and Columbia University School of Law in 1975. Prior to law school, he worked as a community organizer and Assistant Director for Program Administration at Kings County Addictive Diseases Hospital in New York. After receiving his law degree and passing the New York State Bar in 1976, he worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) from 1975-1990; as assistant counsel, he focused on cases involving employment discrimination, police misconduct, and voting rights. One case of note was <span class=\"title\">Westinghouse Electric Corp v. Vaughn</span>, which he successfully argued in front of the United States Supreme Court. At LDF, Murphy also served as deputy director-counsel and director of the Voting Rights Project. In 1995, Murphy became the executive director of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLCCRUL). His areas of concern continued to be employment discrimination and voting rights, along with fair housing, predatory lending, and affirmative action. One of Murphy's achievements, <span class=\"title\">Lewis v. City of Chicago</span>, alleged that the 1995 firefighter entrance exam's cutoff score favored white applicants; Murphy and the CLCCRUL filed the lawsuit in 1998 and the Supreme Court ruled in the African American applicants' favor in 2010. Throughout the years, Murphy also lectured and taught at New York University (NYU) School of Law and Vassar College. Murphy's additional accomplishments include admission to the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eight and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districs of New York. Murphy died in 2010.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Clyde Murphy papers primarily consist of professional materials related to his positions at NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) and the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLCCRUL). There is a limited amount of personal material, such as high school and college documents and some correspondence. Additionally, there are some writing samples, including excerpts from journals and drafts of essays related to civil rights and Barack Obama. The series on Murphy's work at LDF contains case materials, which is composed of reading material (briefs from previous cases, academic papers, and articles), briefs, and correspondence. Also, this series consists of administrative material, such as staff memos and grant information; other writing by Murphy (speeches and articles); statements by LDF on various topics (for example, whether or not to represent Angela Davis); and publications by LDF. The series on Murphy's work at CLCCRUL is structured in a similar manner; there is administrative material, such as memos, address lists, and monthly calendars, followed by case materials (briefs, correspondence, and reading material), other writing by Murphy, and CLCCRUL publications. In addition, this series contains outreach material, or material on task forces and committees on which Murphy served, under the auspices of CLCCRUL, for other organizations. The series on teaching is the smallest; it consists of one folder, a reading packet for a course that Murphy taught at NYU. The last series, printed or reading material, contains writing by others, some published and some unpublished; the majority of this material is related to legal issues pursued by Murphy, such as police misconduct, civil rights, and voting rights. This material includes published articles, chapters from books, newspaper clippings, and books; it also includes unpublished dissertations, papers delivered at conferences, speeches, and manuscripts.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Clyde Murphy papers are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/22975#c1653251'>Personal</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1965-2011</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains biographical materials, such as resumes, materials from Murphy's educational institutions, family documents, correspondence, contact information, bar applications, writing, information on a rental property in Ft. Myers, receipts, memorabilia (such as poems and postcards), printed matter, obituaries, and memorial service programs and tributes. Of note from Murphy's early years are a commencement speech, possibly delivered by Murphy at his high school graduation; a flyer for \"Au Naturel\", the soul band in which Murphy played the trumpet while at Yale; and a brief from Murphy's first year of law school. The family materials mostly consist of legal and financial documents (from his father and stepmother); speeches written by his wife, Monica; a commencement program for his son, Jamal; business cards and correspondence from his daughters, Akua and Naima; and correspondence and financial documents from his father-in-law, Godfrey Jacobs.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/22975#c1653282'>NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF)</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1964-1995</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains background information on LDF; administrative matter such as general correspondence of Murphy's, copies of his business card, staff memos, and grant materials; case material; Murphy's speeches and articles; materials related to statements or discussions by the LDF on various topics (not necessarily cases that were pursued by the organization); and LDF publications (mainly, annual reports). Many of the case material folders only consist of reading material, such as briefs from similar or historical cases, peer-reviewed articles, and reports. Briefs for additional cases in which Murphy was included are filed separately.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/22975#c1653329'>Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLCCRUL)</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1986-2010</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains background information on CLCCRUL; administrative matters, such as Murphy's hiring material, memos, and monthly calendars; material on the board of directors and grants; case materials and statements (briefs, correspondence, and reading material); Murphy's other writing (mainly, speeches and articles); outreach materials (committee and/or task force meetings, correspondence, agendas, etc.); and CLCCRUL publications (mostly annual reports). As with the LDF series, many of the case files only contain reading material and/or correspondence, and represent more of a statement or topic of discussion from the organization.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/22975#c1653373'>Teaching</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1994-1995</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes syllabus and reading packet for Murphy's New York University School of Law course, \"Blacks and American Law\".</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/22975#c1653374'>Printed and reading material</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1963-2009</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of published and unpublished writing by others (articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and speeches) mostly used by Murphy as research and reading material for legal cases. Many of these materials overlap with materials in the LDF and CLCCRUL series. There are a few additional materials on other topics, most likely ones of interest to Murphy, such as the art of Jacob Lawrence. Additionally, there is some printed matter on individuals, mostly memorial service programs.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 5 series: I. Personal; II. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF); III. Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLCCRUL); IV. Teaching; and V. Printed and reading material.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Monica Murphy, 2013.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Lauren Stark, July-August 2021.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Personnel file closed until 2027.</p>"}
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1963
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1963
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2011
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1963
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2011
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7.83 linear feet (16 boxes)
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{"value"=>"[Item], Clyde Murphy papers, Sc MG 876, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Clyde Murphy, a lawyer, pursued social justice throughout his career. Born on June 26, 1948, in Topeka, Kansas, Clyde moved to Miami, Florida, along with his father and stepmother, when he was four years old. He attended high school at North Dade Junior-Senior High School, where he excelled academically, wrote and took photographs for the school paper, and played the trumpet. He also attended the Yale University Summer High School for two summers, 1965-1966. Murphy graduated from Yale University in 1970, and Columbia University School of Law in 1975. Prior to law school, he worked as a community organizer and Assistant Director for Program Administration at Kings County Addictive Diseases Hospital in New York. After receiving his law degree and passing the New York State Bar in 1976, he worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) from 1975-1990; as assistant counsel, he focused on cases involving employment discrimination, police misconduct, and voting rights. One case of note was <span class=\"title\">Westinghouse Electric Corp v. Vaughn</span>, which he successfully argued in front of the United States Supreme Court. At LDF, Murphy also served as deputy director-counsel and director of the Voting Rights Project. In 1995, Murphy became the executive director of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLCCRUL). His areas of concern continued to be employment discrimination and voting rights, along with fair housing, predatory lending, and affirmative action. One of Murphy's achievements, <span class=\"title\">Lewis v. City of Chicago</span>, alleged that the 1995 firefighter entrance exam's cutoff score favored white applicants; Murphy and the CLCCRUL filed the lawsuit in 1998 and the Supreme Court ruled in the African American applicants' favor in 2010. Throughout the years, Murphy also lectured and taught at New York University (NYU) School of Law and Vassar College. Murphy's additional accomplishments include admission to the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eight and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districs of New York. Murphy died in 2010. The Clyde Murphy papers primarily consist of professional materials related to his positions at NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) and the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLCCRUL). There is a limited amount of personal material, such as high school and college documents and some correspondence. Additionally, there are some writing samples, including excerpts from journals and drafts of essays related to civil rights and Barack Obama. The series on Murphy's work at LDF contains case materials, which is composed of reading material (briefs from previous cases, academic papers, and articles), briefs, and correspondence. Also, this series consists of administrative material, such as staff memos and grant information; other writing by Murphy (speeches and articles); statements by LDF on various topics (for example, whether or not to represent Angela Davis); and publications by LDF. The series on Murphy's work at CLCCRUL is structured in a similar manner; there is administrative material, such as memos, address lists, and monthly calendars, followed by case materials (briefs, correspondence, and reading material), other writing by Murphy, and CLCCRUL publications. In addition, this series contains outreach material, or material on task forces and committees on which Murphy served, under the auspices of CLCCRUL, for other organizations. The series on teaching is the smallest; it consists of one folder, a reading packet for a course that Murphy taught at NYU. The last series, printed or reading material, contains writing by others, some published and some unpublished; the majority of this material is related to legal issues pursued by Murphy, such as police misconduct, civil rights, and voting rights. This material includes published articles, chapters from books, newspaper clippings, and books; it also includes unpublished dissertations, papers delivered at conferences, speeches, and manuscripts.", "generated"=>true}