Harlem Affairs Committee

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1280327
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2
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1672271
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unitid
{"value"=>"1672271", "type"=>"local_mss"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1953-1955", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1953/1955"}
date_inclusive_start
1953
date_inclusive_end
1955
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1953
date_start
1953
date_end
1955
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{"value"=>"Harlem Affairs Committee"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Subseries consists of correspondence; Guinier's 1954 notes on black elected officials and organizations, and on New York's black population and its distribution by voting districts; local mailing lists; a position paper, press releases and signed petitions to New York governor Averell Harriman demanding statewide representation for blacks; and printed matter on housing and voter registration. The correspondence includes letters from candidates Harriman, Irving Ives and Julius Archibald, from the Committee's chairman, Robert Justice, and from Committee members, financial contributors and invited guests to various Committee events. The bulk of these materials span 1953 and 1954 only.</p>"}

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  1. Correspondence
  2. Notes
  3. Financial
  4. Forums and Petitions
  5. Housing
  6. African American-Puerto Rican Voting Alliance
  7. Campaign for State-Wide Representation
  8. Voter Registration
  9. Women and Public Office
  10. Mayoral Race - Clippings
  11. Borough Presidency Campaign - Clippings
  12. Printed Matter