Patricia Banks collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"21889", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1957/1999", "value"=>"1957-1999"}

date_inclusive_start

1957

date_inclusive_end

1999

keydate

1957

date_start

1957

date_end

1999

unittitle

{"value"=>"Patricia Banks collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 lin. ft. (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</span> <span class=\"addressline\">515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"One of the first black flight attendants, Patricia Banks, a native New Yorker, fought discrimination by filing a lawsuit against Capital Airlines through the New York State Commission Against Discrimination. A graduate of the Grace Downs Air Career School, Banks applied to several airlines companies for a stewardess position, but was repeatedly denied employment. In 1957 she filed a suit against Capital Airlines (which later merged in 1961 with United Airlines), and in 1960 the Commission ruled in her favor and ordered the company to hire her. She has been acknowledged by the Black Flight Attendants of America, Inc. and was featured in an WNBC News segment for being a pioneer in her field. Collection of documents relating to Patricia Banks and her groundbreaking legal case to become one of the first Black flight attendants. Collection includes newspaper clippings from 1957-1960, her flight attendant's certificate from Capital Airlines and a travel log. Also included is the transcript from her legal suit with the New York State Commission against Discrimination against Capital Airlines. Along with a video about Banks from WNBC News Black History Month, 1997, are print outs of digital photographs and the program booklet from the Black Flight Attendants of America, Inc.'s annual convention in 1999 where she was honored."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Patricia Banks collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Banks, Patricia Noisette", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>One of the first black flight attendants, Patricia Banks, a native New Yorker, fought discrimination by filing a lawsuit against Capital Airlines through the New York State Commission Against Discrimination.</p> <p>A graduate of the Grace Downs Air Career School, Banks applied to several airlines companies for a stewardess position, but was repeatedly denied employment. In 1957 she filed a suit against Capital Airlines (which later merged in 1961 with United Airlines), and in 1960 the Commission ruled in her favor and ordered the company to hire her. She has been acknowledged by the Black Flight Attendants of America, Inc. and was featured in an WNBC News segment for being a pioneer in her field.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection of documents relating to Patricia Banks and her groundbreaking legal case to become one of the first Black flight attendants. Collection includes newspaper clippings from 1957-1960, her flight attendant's certificate from Capital Airlines and a travel log. Also included is the transcript from her legal suit with the New York State Commission Against Discrimination against Capital Airlines. Along with a video about Banks from WNBC News Black History Month, 1997, are print outs of digital photographs and the program booklet from the Black Flight Attendants of America, Inc.'s annual convention in 1999 where she was honored.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Patricia N. Banks Edmiston, November 2001.</p>"}

separatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Schomburg Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division (December 2001):</p> <p>Videotape: \"Patricia Banks Edmiston, Black History Month, 1997\"</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Processed by Andrea R. Jackson, December 2001</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"Video transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division"}

{"value"=>"Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division"}

{"value"=>"Calendar, Movie and Product Advertisements transferred to the Arts and Artifacts Division"}

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (1 box)

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1. Legal Transcript, State Commission Against Discrimination vs Capital Airlines
2. Capital Airlines, Certification, May 1960 - Travel Log Record, undated, Wing Pins from Graduation, Career
3. Newspaper Clippings
4. Black Flight Attendants of America, Inc., 7th Annual Convention