{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"corpname\">NNLC</span> was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1951 to lead black workers and trade-unionists in the campaign for the enactment of the fair employment practices law, and again racial discrimination in industry and Jim Crow practices in the South. It had 35 local councils and was affiliated with locals in the <span class=\"corpname\">United Automobile Workers</span> union (UAW), the <span class=\"corpname\">Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)</span>, <span class=\"corpname\">Packinghouse Workers</span> and other independent trade-unions. The <span class=\"corpname\">NNLC</span> led many successful campaigns for the hiring and upgrading of black workers in railroads and industries. It was accused, however, by various black trade-unionists of splitting black workers and was labelled a \"communist front\" by the <span class=\"corpname\">Executive Board of the UAW</span>. The <span class=\"corpname\">NNLC</span> was dissolved in 1956 after years of harassment and after the United States Attorney General ruled in 1954 that it must register as a communist front organization under the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950.</p> <p>The organizational file of the <span class=\"corpname\">NNLC</span> consists of correspondence, transcripts of <span class=\"persname\">Robeson</span>'s addresses to its 1952 and 1953 conventions and some printed matter. As one of the participating organizations and beneficiaries of the <span class=\"corpname\">UFF</span>, the <span class=\"corpname\">NNLC</span> played an important role in the coordination of Robeson's national tours from 1952 to 1956. Material related to the role of its local chapters in the preparation of these concerts can also be found in the PROFESSIONAL series.</p>"}