{"value"=>"<p>The subseries <span class=\"title\">Along the Color Line: Explorations in the Black Experience</span> consists of material Meier and co-author Rudwick gathered for their research for two chapters for this book: \"Origins of Nonviolent Direct Action\" and the \"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work Campaign.\" Drafts of manuscripts form part of this series. The files for \"The Origins of Nonviolent Direct Action,\" 1967-1975 (1.4 lin. ft.) consists of notes, photocopies of newsclippings, research correspondence, and research papers written by others. There are also some interviews with local and national activists involved in the various boycotts organized in American cities as a means of ending segregation in employment and schools, gathered by Meier and Rudwick in the course of their research. The material deals primarily with streetcar and bus boycotts, as well as school boycotts across the country during the first half of this century. The \"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work Campaign\" was a form of nonviolent protest to force stores to hire African Americans with the threat of boycotting. The material for this research, 1970's (.6 lin. ft.) contains notes and articles referring to this form of protest during the 1930's and 1960's in various parts of the country including Baltimore, Indianapolis and North Carolina. Meier and Rudwick did not retain all of their research materials and notes for streetcar boycotts research due to insufficient storage space. The roles of the NAACP and CORE in these boycotts are supported with articles, notes and interviews.</p>"}