Subject Files

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{"value"=>"<p>The Subject Files subseries consists for the most part of printed matter on civil rights, lynching, academic and intellectual freedom, President Truman's 1947 Loyalty Order, the 1949 Peekskill riots, and on various legislations pertaining to CRC's work - the Mundt-Nixon and the Mundt-Ferguson Bills, the Smith and McCarran Acts, and the Taft-Hartley Law. Also included are materials from the National Committee to Oust Bilbo. The Lynching folder includes legislative proposals and materials of the American Crusade to End Lynching chaired by Paul Robeson. The Peekskill file incorporates some unrelated Robeson materials. The Printed Matter subseries includes six files of CRC publications arranged chronologically, as well as petitions, resolutions and organizational leaflets, and a compilation of briefs from various cases involving CRC.</p>"}

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  1. Academic and Intellectual Freedom
  2. Conwell Committee
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Fair Employment Practice Act
  5. Fascist Activities in the U.S
  6. House Un-American Activities Committee
  7. Jury System
  8. Loyalty Order
  9. Lynchings
  10. Minority Rights
  11. McCarran Act
  12. Mundt-Ferguson Bills
  13. Mundt-Nixon Bills
  14. National Committee to Oust Bilbo
  15. Paul Robeson/Peekskill
  16. Segregation
  17. Smith Act
  18. Taft-Hartley Law
  19. Wallace Campaign
  20. Wiretapping