{"value"=>"<p>The subseries <span class=\"title\">Congress of Racial Equality: A Study in the Civil Rights Movement, 1942-1968</span>, 1942-1992, 1942-1968 (bulk) (3 lin. ft.), co-authored with Elliott Rudwick, was published in 1973. The material documents issues of voter registration, desegration of lunch counters, restaurants, theaters and interstate travel, and consists of notes Meier took based on CORE's records, photocopies of correspondence and memoranda, as well as newsclipings of CORE activities. There are copies of national and local newsletters, flyers, press releases, memoranda from national director James Farmer and files of one of CORE's offshoots -- the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality. Meier also saved printed matter from other organizations to serve as reference material for this time period. These organizations include SNCC, NAACP, COFO, the National Conference on Religion and Race, the Northern Student Movement, and the Southern Conference Educational Fund. This portion of the subseries is arranged chronologically.</p> <p>Most of the civil rights issues with which CORE became involved as represented by this collection took place in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina and Missisippi. The material for the latter state is particularly extensive and includes information regarding CORE's involvement in Clarkesdale and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Researchers interested in the civil rights movement in this state are advised to also consult the Civil Rights Movement Research Files - States.</p> <p> The \"Rachlin File\" includes legal documents for court cases in which Carl Rachlin, national CORE's legal counsel, or other lawyers were involved. Examples of the types of court cases included are CORE's protests against segregated interstate bus travel, segregated lunch counters and a recreation center, as well as voting rights in Mississippi. Meier has indicated that most of the original notes upon which this book was based, taken by Rudwick from local white newspapers, were unfortunately destroyed prior to being donated to the Schomburg Center. Drafts of manscripts form part of this subseries.</p> <p>The CORE White House Files consist of photocopies of correspondence between CORE and the White House, 1963-1968, housed in the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, which documents the administration's stance towards civil rights.</p>"}