Beasley
University of Michigan-Flint
Frances Willson Thompson Library
Genesee Historical Collections Center
Name of the collection: Olive Beasley
Inclusive years: 1942-1995
Quantity: 58 linear feet
Acquisition: This collection was donated by donor no. 268 in August, 2000.
Access: There are no restrictions.
Photographs: 75 photographs were removed from the collection and will be cataloged separately.
Processed by: Paul Gifford and Steven Burns, 2000-2001.
BIOGRAPHY
Born 2 January 1903 in Chicago, Olive Rankin’s parents died by the time she was five. She was raised by an unrelated family originally from South Carolina in a neighborhood full of European immigrants, with few blacks, and encountered little prejudice. She attended Englewood High School. On 19 November 1923 (or 1922), she married a Mr. Beasley; they had one son, Carey J. From 1936 to 1941 she attended Central YMCA College in Chicago, majoring in business and personnel administration, graduating with an A.B. degree. Her career in public life began at this point.
In 1941 she began as a registration interviewer for the Illinois State Employment Service in Moline, Illinois. As the war progressed, the state agency was federalized, and, when she left in 1946, she was a counselor for the U.S. Employment Service, still in the “Tri-Cities” region. This involved interviewing workers for training or retraining, placing workers, and certifying workers for re-employment. In 1947, she moved to Detroit, taking a position as executive director of the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights, a statewide coalition of labor, religious, nationality, and civil rights groups working for passage of a fair employment practices law. In 1955, the Michigan legislature passed such a law, and the organization ceased. She found part-time work as a survey worker for the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan and for the Department of Sociology of the University of Chicago, as well as an admissions counselor at Wayne State University. From 1955 to 1957 she was in charge of the “Freedom Agenda” program, a project organized by the National League of Women Voters to promote discussion about civil liberties. She worked from 1958 to 1959 as an executive assistant to the head of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP, organizing Freedom Fund Dinners.
In 1959, she began employment as a field representative for the Michigan Fair Employment Practices Commission Her work there included processing claims of discrimination in employment. During her Detroit years, Olive Beasley was closely involved with many social-welfare, civil rights, and political organizations: as a member of the Board of Management of the Lucy Thurman YWCA; as a member of the board of the Coordinating Council on Human Relations; as secretary of the Detroit League of Women Voters; as a staff member of the Workshop on Human Relations of Wayne State University; in various offices, including president, of the Detroit Branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; as secretary of the Detroit chapter of Americans for Democratic Action; as a member of the board of the Michigan Council on the Employment Problems of Working Women; and in other organizations. She was active in the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), serving as secretary of Local 52, vice-president of Council 7, and as a delegate to international conventions. She was also a member of the Executive Board of the Michigan AFL-CIO.
As a result of a long campaign in which Beasley had herself been extensively involved, the new state constitution, adopted in 1963, enacted a law establishing the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. This became effective on January 1, 1964, and she and most of the other staff of the Fair Employment Practices Commission were transferred to the new agency. Her work at first consisted mostly of the same work she had done for the earlier agency: processing claims of discrimination and investigating those claims. Later that year, as the Commission formed regional offices in the state, Beasley was appointed District Executive of the Commission’s office in Flint. For about two years, she com-muted daily to Flint from her home in Detroit, but then moved to Flint, where she remained until her death.
Her responsibilities in Flint, as a member of the Community Services Division of the Commission, were to act as liaison between the Commission and local, state, and national organizations that were involved in any aspect of human rights, in such areas as housing, education, criminal justice, public accommodations, and others. In the 1960s, her main efforts in Flint were focused on housing discrimination and urban renewal, as the local housing market was tight and highway construction forced many minority dwellers out of their homes. This led to an involvement with city planning, the Model Cities Program, and, in the 1970s, to membership on the board of the Manpower Advisory Planning Council, Flint, Genesee, and Shiawassee Counties (later Genesee Lapeer Shiawassee-Flint Consortium), a regional planning council. She was closely involved with the Flint Board of Education, in matters such as textbook selection, resolution of racial conflicts, selection of administrators, and busing.
Facing mandatory retirement in 1973, she was able to extend her employment until 1980. In 1975, following a reorganization of the Commission, Mrs. Beasley was made Director of the Public Service Division of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, al-though still located in Flint. Her involvement in voluntary organizations and in city and regional boards continued unabated. She was one of the chief organizers of the Flint Urban Coalition, one of several local organizations formed around the United States after the civil unrest of 1968. Following her retirement from the Commission in 1980, she worked as acting Executive Director of the Flint Urban Coalition for almost two years. Other significant activity in organizations during this decade include the Flint Urban League, on whose board she served, as well as for two years as secretary; the Michigan Advisory Committee to the United States Civil Rights Commission; the Michigan Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Legal Services of Eastern Michigan, which oversaw the Legal Aid Society of Genesee and Lapeer Counties; the Flint Y.W.C.A.; the International Institute, of Flint; Mott Community College advisory committees; local television station advisory committees; and many others.
Her activity in community organizations declined somewhat after 1982, but she retained memberships in the Flint Civil Service Commission and the Mayor’s City-Wide Advisory Committee and in a few other bodies. About 1990 she retired from activity in these organizations. She died May 13, 1999, in Flint and was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
With the single exception of a paper she wrote in 1942, the time span of the period covered by the Olive Beasley Papers begins with her activity after her arrival in Detroit in 1947 and especially after she began working in Flint in 1964. The coverage ends with her retirement from political life in the early 1990s, although the bulk of the material dates prior to 1982, when she retired as acting director of the Urban Coalition of Greater Flint.
The collection is divided into 17 series. Each consists of files produced in the course of her activity in various organizations. Most files, nevertheless, were generated in her capacity as Flint District Executive and as Director of the Public Service Division of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission.
The largest series is that under the heading ‘Michigan Civil Rights Commission.’ This includes memoranda sent to her from other executives and staff, reports, hearings, as well as files of informal complaints, formal claims, and related legal transcripts of cases. Much of the Commission’s activity in the 1960s consisted of investigating discrimination in housing, and there is much material on urban renewal and open housing laws, mostly in Flint, but also in Saginaw and other cities. The files of claims and complaints are mostly claims of discrimination relating to employment, most often by employees of General Motors Corporation plants in Flint or by those of the Flint Board of Education. She worked with groups advocating passage of a local open housing ordinance. Other important efforts were directed at the Flint public schools. Summaries of her activities can be found in the folders labeled “Flint office: Weekly reports” 1964-1974 (box 8), and “Program Services Division: Monthly reports,” 1972-1973, and “PBES narrative reports,” 1974-1975 (box 7).
Since part of her work with the Commission involved working with local groups and agencies, there is no clear boundary between the series of MCRC files and the other series. The topical series, for example, includes folders on topics of general interest to her work in civil rights, while the topical subseries, within the MCRC series, has folders on topics in which the MCRC was intimately involved. Her membership in different agencies, like that of the Manpower Area Planning Committee (later the Genesee-Shiawassee-Lapeer-Flint Training Consortium or on various City of Flint committees, was closely tied to her Civil Rights Commission work, but her activity in other organizations, like the NAACP or YWCA, was an extension of activity that had begun long before.
The earliest series, all relatively small in size, are the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights, 1948-1955; Freedom Agenda of Detroit, 1955; and the Michigan Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1955-1965. The first of these was a coalition of labor and religious leaders which sought to enact state legislation forbid-ding discrimination in employment. With the creation of the Michigan Fair Employment Practices Commission in 1955, the organization ceased. Freedom Agenda of Detroit was a project that promoted discussion about civil rights. Most of the material in the FEPC series dates from 1959 to 1964 and consists of staff meeting notes, rulings and opinions, studies, and grievance claims.
The Personal series tends to contain more material that cannot be placed elsewhere rather than material of a strictly personal nature. It includes correspondence with Congressmen (later Senator) Donald Riegle and John Conyers, her former colleague Wilma Bledsoe, and others, various essays that she wrote, newspaper clippings about her, speech drafts and notes, invitations, and awards, but also letters and poems written by her son, C. J. Beasley, of Detroit.
Although material in the series Michigan Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission dates from 1960 to 1983, most dates from 1973 to 1979. It documents meetings and hearings held in different locations in Michigan. The most significant are files relating to hearings in Sault Ste. Marie, 1975, and a transcript of hearings held in Livonia in 1975.
Files relating to various state agencies are found in the State of Michigan series. The most important relate to Civil Service Department and Education Department committees on which she served: the Fringe Benefits Study Committee, 1971, and the Pay Study Committee of the Compensation Advisory Board, and the Education Legislative Advisory Council, 1973-1976, which issued an educational accountability report in 1974.
The Genesee County series is relatively small; it contains files relating to county agencies. The City of Flint series is larger. The more significant files in this series are those concerning the Department of Community Development, largely dealing with urban redevelopment, and the Housing Commission, having to do with public housing. She was involved with complaints against the Police Department and in efforts to increase minority employment in that department. She served on the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee developing an affirmative action plan. This series also contains Civil Service Commission minutes and grievance proceedings. The Mayor’s City-wide Advisory Committee files, mostly from the 1980s, are also significant.
The Flint Board of Education series is significant. She served on advisory boards and had much contact with it relating to issues concerning representation of minorities in textbooks, affirmative action, student discipline, desegregation, and re-lieving racial tension (especially concerning Southwestern High School, in 1970-1971). This series also contains files on the an-nual May Institutes sponsored by the Mott Program from 1967 to 1977, as she was involved with their planning.
The CETA (Comprehensive Education and Training Act) series consists of minutes, agenda, and memoranda which she received as a member of the Manpower Area Planning Council (1972-1974) and its successor, the GLSF Employment and Training Planning Council (1974-1983). As a member, she evaluated program proposals for summer employment and other jobs programs.
The Urban Coalition of Greater Flint series documents a local organization which Miss Beasley was instrumental in founding. It began as part of a number of “urban coalitions,” consisting of business, labor, and minority leaders, which arose as a response to the urban troubles of the 1960s. Besides the usual minutes, memoranda, and committee reports (the most important of which are those of the Issues Committee), there are subject files on such topics as minority business, jobs programs, census enumeration, and especially the Technical Assistance to Neighborhoods subseries, which worked from 1980 to 1982 with local block clubs. In 1995, the Urban Coalition of Greater Flint changed its name to the Community Coalition of Greater Flint, and it disbanded in 2000.
The Urban League of Flint series, dating from 1955 to 1993, contains the usual organizational records, such as minutes, monthly activity reports, annual reports, financial statements, and committee reports. There are correspondence with National Urban League offices and subject files as well.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) series dates largely from the 1970s and, as well as files concerning national, regional, and state conventions and conferences, has subject files on issues with which the Flint Branch was involved, such as those concerning Project New Leaf and a discrimination case against the Flint Board of Education.
The Topical series contains files arranged by subject. Many of these were concerns of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, but others were more her personal interest. The larger topics in this series concern education, housing, and employment. Included in this series are her files on fair housing, including the referendum passed in Flint in 1968.
The “Miscellaneous Organizations” series includes files relating to or generated by her activity in various organizations (such as the Black Administrators Organization of Flint, Family Service Agency of Genesee County, Flint Goodwill Industries, Genesee County Legal Aid Society, Human Services Planning Council, International Institute, Legal Services of Eastern Michigan, Michigan League for Human Services, Mott Community College committees, National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials, University of Michigan-Flint committees, WJRT-TV committees, the Detroit chapter of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, YWCA, and others), as well as organizations, mainly in Flint, in which she had an interest. These include ad hoc political groups, ethnic and women’s groups, religious groups, social service organizations, housing groups, and virtually any other organization, mainly in Flint and Genesee County, but including other Michigan and Detroit-area groups, that concerned her broad interests in these issues.
For related material, see the Olive Beasley Papers at the Reuther Library, Wayne State University.
SERIES LIST
PERSONAL, 1942-1991 Boxes 1-2
MICHIGAN COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS,1948-1955 Box 2
FREEDOM AGENDA OF DETROIT, 1955 Box 2
MICHIGAN FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
COMMISSION, 1955-1965 Boxes 2-3
MICHIGAN CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, 1964-1990 Boxes 3-16
MICHIGAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE UNITED
STATES CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, 1960-1983 Boxes 16-18
STATE OF MICHIGAN, 1964-1980 Boxes 18-20
GENESEE COUNTY, 1967-1983 Boxes 20-21
CITY OF FLINT, 1964-1992 Boxes 21-28
FLINT BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1964-1989 Boxes 28-31
CETA, 1972-1983 Boxes 31-33
URBAN COALITION OF GREATER FLINT, 1969-1993 Boxes 34-37
URBAN LEAGUE OF FLINT, 1955-1993 Boxes 38-40
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP), 1951-1984 Boxes 40-42
UNITED WAY OF GENESEE AND LAPEER COUNTIES,
1976-1990 Boxes 42-43
TOPICAL, 1950-1979 Boxes 43-46
MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS, 1949-1995 Boxes 46-58
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1
PERSONAL
Resumes
Retirement date extension, 1973-1976
Newspaper clippings, 1959-1976
Daily schedule, 1977
Correspondence
General
1957-1967
1968-1979
1981-1993
Bledsoe, Wilma and William, 1972-1980
With politicians, 1955-1991
Riegle, Donald, 1972-1990
Conyers, John, 1966-1977
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, 1983
Concerning files, 1980-1981
Letters to newspapers, 1972-1991
Drafts of letters, undated
Essays and articles, 1942-1950
Drafts of articles, [1980s-1990s]
Notes on Flint black history, 1989
Invitations to receptions, etc.
1951-1976
1977-1991
Invitations to conferences, 1942-1983
Awards
General, 1949-1987
Nomination for Governor's Award for Distinguished Public Employees, 1971
Distinguished Public Service Award, 1972-1973
NAACP Martin Luther King award, 1974
Speech notes
1950s
BOX 2
1966-1968
1972-1982
Speaking engagements, 1954-1979
Committee, rosters, meetings (general), 1977-1980
C.J. Beasley
Letters to, 1971-1993
Letters from, 1970s-1980s (undated)
Poems
Newsletters, publications, etc., 1970s-1980s
Reception for Dr. Virginia Mesa, 1990
Landlord/tenant correspondence, 1967-1991
Notary Public papers, 1967-1971
Edwyna Anderson's political support, 1983
Papers
On St. John Community Center by Harriet E. Tillock, 1968
"Insights into the Red Scare Epoch and McCarthyism," by Larry E. Fink, 1972
MICHIGAN COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Memoranda, 1948-1954
Correspondence, 1947-1955
Minutes, convention proceedings, etc., 1947-1954
Jewish-Negro relationships in Detroit, 1954
Housing, 1952-1954
Fair employment practice laws in other states, 1949-1954
Analyses of Fair Employment Practice Commission bills, 1952-1955
Miscellaneous, 1951-1954
FREEDOM AGENDA OF DETROIT, 1955
MICHIGAN FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMISSION
Policies, charge, roster, etc., 1955-1961
Memoranda, 1962-1963
Staff meeting notes, 1959-1961
Correspondence
General, 1960-1963
Michigan Employment Security Commission, 1958-1964
Grievance procedures, 1959
Claims
1874 – Mrs. Pauline Flood vs. Church Youth Service, 1963-1965
1880 – Dr. Anwar Chejne vs. Wayne State University, 1963-1964
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Detroit Public Schools, 1960-1962
Miscellaneous, 1959-1962
BOX 3
Rulings, hearings, findings, opinions, 1960-1962
Studies
Analysis of five years of claims experience, 1961
Personnel policies and practices of the Michigan State Highway Department, 1961
Pilot study of an integrated work force, n.d.
Utilization of non-white personnel in the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1963
Miscellaneous
Topical
Ann Arbor meeting, 1959
Fair Employment Practices Day, 1960
Haven Hill conference, 1961
Michigan Conference on the Employment Problems of Working Women (East Lansing, 1961)
Mount Clemens, Mich., 1959-1964
Seminar on economic and social mobility in the urban community, 1957
Miscellaneous, 1956-1962
MICHIGAN CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
Minutes
1971, 1973, 1975
1976
Jan.-Feb.
March
Apr.-May
June, November
1977-August, December
1978
Mar.-Apr.
June
Sept.-Oct.
Agenda and minutes
1975
1978 - Dec.
BOX 4
1979
Jan.
Mar.
May
June-July
Aug.
Sept.-Oct.
1980 - Jan.-Feb.
Meeting in Marquette, 1979
Civil rights laws and Commission addresses, 1964
Memorandum, 1967
Remarks and speeches made by Commissioners, 1965-1968
Guidelines, clarifications, rulings
(1 of 3)
(2 of 3)
(3 of 3)
Program objectives, 1968
Friday reports, 1968-1970
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Staff rosters
Annual reports
1966-1967
BOX 5
1970-1971
1974-1975
1975-1976
1976-1977
1977-1978
1978-1979
1983-1984
1984-1985
1987
1989
Executive Director
Memoranda
1964-1970
1971-1974
1975
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
1976
1977
1978-1979
Weekly reports
1964-1967
1967-1969
1970-1973
Speeches, 1964-1967
Meeting in Flint, 1970
"Robinson on Race," 1971
Deputy Director, 1965-1981
Executive staff - Meetings
1978-1979
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
BOX 6
(3 of 3)
Administrative Services Division - Budgetary control re-port, 1979
Community Relations Program, 1973-1977
Community Relations Bureau
Procedure manual, 1979
General, 1977-1979
Community Relations Division
District office program objectives, 1973
Memoranda
1964-1968
1968-1969
1969-1971
1972-1974
Review of Muskegon Heights Police Department, 1972
Education Program, 1971
Compliance Division
Director - Memoranda
1964-1967
1968-1975
Monthly reports, 1974-1975
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Case reports, 1975-1979
Staff meetings, 1965-1974
Conciliation Division – Memorandum, 1976
Conciliation and Hearing Section, 1973
Consumer Services Division, 1970
Contract Compliance, 1973
Education Department
Memoranda
1964-1969
1970-1972
1973-1977
BOX 7
Housing Department – Memoranda
1964-1969
1970-1975
Latin American Programs, 1973-1975
Legal Bureau, 1979
Personnel Office, 1973-1976
Preventive Services Division
Memoranda, 1972-1977
Housing Consultant – Memoranda, 1978-1979
Program Services Division
Memoranda, 1973-1976
Monthly reports
1972-July 1973
1973
August-October
November-December
PBES narrative reports
1974
January-March
April-June
July-December
1975, February-November
Flint office drafts, 1975-1976
Public Information Division – Memoranda, 1965-1979
Public Service Division. Director – Memorandum, 1977
Research Division – Memoranda, 1964-1970
Research and Planning Division
General
1971-1972
1972-1978
Claims activity report, 1973
Demographic profile of Flint, 1973
Training Division
General, 1970-1979
Program of in-service training, 1964
In-service training, 1968
Staff training
1968
Staff training program, 1969
BOX 8
1969
Cost/benefit analysis seminar, 1976
Training Committee, 1969
Regional Directors – Memoranda, 1967-1970
Regional Managers, 1965-1973
District Executives, 1969-1975
Detroit Regional staff, 1966-1975
Field Representatives – Memoranda, 1965-1973
Flint office (Olive Beasley)
Correspondence
General
1964-1971
1972-1975
1975-1982
Hadden, Marise, 1966-1971
Saunders, Katherine and Associates, 1975-1978
Annual report, 1969
Weekly reports
1964-1965
1966
1967
1968
1971-1972
1974
Hearings
Flint housing hearing, 1966
Pontiac public hearing, 1968
Welfare Department, 1965
Pontiac, 1968
Reports
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Albion, Mich., 1964
Apartment rental practices in Flint, 1983
Discrimination in Hamtramck, 1977
BOX 9
Flint housing, 1968
Analysis of claims - 1965, 1968-1969
Formal complaints filed, 1970-1971, 1971
Voluntary agency study, 1970
School dropout study, 1970-1971
Saginaw public schools, 1971
Analysis of non-whites in Michigan state civil ser-vice, 1965
Directory of civil rights and human relations agencies in Michigan, 1965-1967
Police use of deadly force, 1981
Directory of civil rights agencies in Michigan, 1970
Regional Office Director job description
Mutual agreements with other agencies, 1965
Plan to improve the complaints and investigation process of the Civil Rights Commission, 1972
Conferences
Unfinished Business of Civil Rights in Michigan, 1966
On reality, goals and strategy, 1966
Municipal officials, East Lansing, 1967
News seminar, 1967
On human relations, 1967
"Urban Crises: What Business and Industry Can Do," 1968
Tenants Rights and Code Enforcement, 1969
School human relations officials, 1970
Human rights workers, 1971
Leadership Conference Advisory Committee, 1985
"The Black Child in Crisis," 1986
Miscellaneous, 1965-1973
Civil Rights Conference Advisory Committee, 1985-1986
Michigan Leadership Roundtable, 1979
Case law seminar, 1972
Staff newsletter, 1971
Newsletter, 1966-1990
Flyers
Press releases
1965-1970
1971-1980
undated
Topical
Affirmative action
General, 1970-1978
Local policies
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
BOX 10
Plans - Michigan cities, 1974
Plans, 1973-1977
Ambulance service, 1965-1966
Analyses of Michigan legislative bills, 1973-1979
Ann Arbor, Mich., 1965-1970
Apartment owners - Flint, 1965
Arbitration - Livonia and Livonia Police Department, 1969
Baldwin, Mich., Community Schools
Battelle Memorial Institute, 1967-1972
Battle Creek, Mich., 1967-1971
Bay City, Mich., 1965-1971
Beecher School District
1968-1971
1972-1978
Benton Harbor, Mich., 1971-1979
Berrien County complaint, 1975
Boards and commissions - Michigan, 1975
Book banning, 1972
Bryant, Howard, vs. HUD, 1975
Burton, Mich. - Blockbusting allegations, 1975
Commission meeting in Upper Peninsula, 1979
Contractors, 1964-1973
Cramton, Roger C., "The Powers of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission," n.d.
Crime - Strodder, Mandric case, 1975-1977
Cross burnings, 1971-1972
Davison Township, 1966
Detroit, 1966-1974
D ropouts survey, 1971
Emergency Aid School Act, 1971-1974
Flint
Civil disorders, 1968
Flint Community Forum, 1965
Community survey, 1956
Housing hearings and report, 1966-1967
Housing hearings
Evaluation, 1967-1968
Material for Commissioners, 1965-1966
Responses to charges, 1966
Testimony, 1966
Housing rent escrow fund, 1971-1975
Housing surveys, 1967-1970
Negro move-ins, 1966-1967
Ward redistricting, 1972
Police misconduct, 1967
Police
Public housing site dispute, 1965-1966
Urban renewal
General, 1964-1967
Central Park, 1968
Martin-Jefferson area, 1970-1973
BOX 11
Martin-Jefferson District Council, 1970-1972
Oak Park, 1969
Tenant selection office, 1968
Ford, Geraldine, Judge, 1977
Genesee County Model Cities Program
General
1967-1970
1970-1971
1972-1975
Economic Development Corporation, 1973-1976
Employment and Economic Development conference, 1970
Neighborhood land use planning report, 1971
Quarterly reports, 1970-1973
Policy Committee, 1970-1972
Second year action project, 1971
Staff meetings, 1970
Giant Ballroom incident, 1969
Gordin, Burton I. - Memorial, 1970-1971
Grand Rapids, Mich., 1964-1976
Hamtramck, Mich., 1975-1978
Hearings - in Flint, 1981
Highland Park, Mich., 1964-1970
Highway relocation
North End picket complaint, 1966
Dingwell bill (HB 3781), 1966-1970
1965-1968
1967
Report from Genesee Community Development Conference, 1966
Housing
Added jurisdiction in housing, Act 183, PA 1975
Blockbusting, 1970-1975
Clark School area renewal and rehabilitation, 1965-1968
Collingwood controversy, 1968
D & B-Golden Co., 1969
Evergreen Valley Association, 1965
Kennedy Estates, 1966
Municipal legislation, 1966-1968
Pulte case, 1967-1968
Ridgeway, Roosevelt, 1970
Tenants' councils, 1968
Trinity Methodist Church, 1976
Turnkey leasing program, 1969
Guidelines, 1972-1973
Homeowner's group organization, 1965
Insurance redlining, 1978
Jackson, Mich., 1965-1977
Kalamazoo, Mich., 1968-1971
Ku Klux Klan, 1965-1972
Lansing, Mich. - Schools, 1970-1977
Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, (HB 4263), 1976
Manpower planning councils, 1972
Meeting with Walter Greene, U.S. Dept. of Defense, 1966
BOX 12
Megdell Committee, 1967
Michigan Civil Rights Leadership Day, 1976
Migrant workers, 1967-1978
Model Cities. Region IV, 1969-1970
Monroe, Mich., 1970
Mount Morris, Mich., 1971
Moynihan report, 1966
Muskegon, Mich., 1968-1975
Our Savior Apostolic Church vandalism, 1979
Owosso, Mich., 1968-1969
Police - Training, 1965-1975
Police-community relations
General, 1964-1976
Detroit, 1964
Programs, research, 1967-1969
Police-Community Research Action Project, 1971-1972
Police Recruitment Project of Michigan, 1967
Pontiac, Mich.
Charter revision, 1979
General, 1967-1974
Schools, 1964-1972
Public accommodations program, 1964
Real estate industry - Flint, 1965
Recruitment of minorities, 1965-1977
Relocation proposals (Flint), 1973
Revenue sharing, 1972-1979
Romney, George (Governor of Michigan), 1965-1968
Rumor control, 1972
Saginaw, Mich.
General, 1965-1966
Housing, 1965-1966
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Mar-Shunk controversy, 1977
Public works, 1977
Scott, Gwendolyn vs. Beecher Board of Education, 1973
Sex discrimination, 1969-1979
Summer jobs program, 1968
Tension control in Flint, 1966-1967
Tension control program, 1967-1968
United Autoworkers Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department, 1966-1979
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
1965-1971
1972-1978
Michigan Association of Realtors voluntary fair marketing agreement, 1978-1979
Ruth Loyd case, 1969-1970
U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, 1964-1976
U.S. Department of Justice. Community Relations Ser-vice, 1967-1976
U.S. Federal Housing Administration, 1965-1967
U.S. Post Office - Flint, 1967-1974
BOX 13
Unwed mothers programs, 1970
Upper Peninsula, 1979
Urban renewal - Rep. Edwards's hearing, 1972
Young, Coleman, 1973-1977
Claims
General, 1964
(by number)
2079 - Harold Echols vs. Wayne County Road Com-mission, 1963-196_
129 EM - Mrs. Earleen Burrell vs. Annapolis Hospital, 1964-1967
138 LE - Cordell Henry vs. Detroit Police Department, 1964-1965
180 EM - Ronald E. Wilkinson vs. Local 58, IBEW, FL-CIO, 1964
231 EM - Mary L. Oliver vs. State of Michigan Dept. of Mental Health (Ypsilanti State Hospital), 1964
242-LE - Alfred Pratt vs. Detroit Police Dept., 1964-1965
278 EM - Vincent Long vs. Pontiac State Hospital, 1964-1965
279 EM - Max Eugene Brown vs. Pontiac State Hospital (State of Mich.), 1964-1965
289 EM - Michael Fodell vs. LTV Aerospace Corp., 1964-1966
363 LE - Leonard Carver Tyson vs. Detroit Police Dept., 1964
364 LE - Joseph Tyson vs. Detroit Police Dept., 1964-1967
365 LE - Eugene B. Tyson vs. Detroit Police Dept., 1964-1966
366 LE - Ruth Rembert vs. Detroit Police Dept., 1964
367 LE - Donna Tyson vs. Detroit Police Dept., 1964-1967
363-367 LE
Interviews with police, 1964
Detroit Police Dept. personnel records
Other material, 1964-1967
Witnesses' affidavits, 1964
601 EM - Raymond Moreno vs. Chevrolet Grey Iron Foundry, GMC, 1964-1965
871-EM - Dr. Mildred Smith vs. Flint Board of Education, 1965-1966
887-EM - Roy B. Mendoza vs. General Motors Corp., 1965
1026-EM - Howard Atkins vs. GMC Truck and Coach Division, 1961040 EM - Edward Hernandez vs. GMC Fisher Body
Division, 1965-1966
1123-HSG - Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Gamez vs. Louise H. Bowen, realtor, 1965-1966
1124 HSG - Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gamez vs. Howard W. Beauch, 1965-1966
1229 EM - Mrs. Victoria Williams vs. GMC Truck and Coach Division, 1966
1327 H/PA - Kenneth J. Augustine vs. Mrs. Fred Ostler, 1966
1328-HPA - Kenneth J. Augustine vs. Mrs. Bernard Topham, 1966
1679 EM - John N. Gaytan vs. GMC Fisher Body Di-vision, 1966-1967
1949-H/PA - Dr. Fabius F. Russell vs. F & T Realty Co., 1966
2094-EM- Mrs. Alvie C. White vs. GMC Truck and Coach Division, 1966
2119 EM - Scott, Delonie L. vs. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 1966-1967
Cynthia Higgins, 1966
Wallace rally, 1968
Judy Everhart, 1970
Griffin vs. GMC Trucking, 10304, 1970
Evelyn Harris vs. Michigan Vocational Education Service, 1971
Wildena Hawkins vs. The Vogue (27415-E3), 1976
Annette Johnson vs. Hutzel Hospital, (20040-52), 1976-1977
Willie B. Robertson, Jr. vs. City of Jackson Po-lice Department (11278-EM), 1978
BOX 14
Flint cases - closing forms, 1965-1967
Holliman et al. vs. Price, Murphy, Visser, U.S. District Court at Flint, 1972
Orders
1968-1972
1973-1977
1977-1978
1979-1980
Charges, 1968-1972
Findings and opinions, 1968-1977
Various briefs
1975-1976
1977
Rule 7 hearings, 1977
Against C.J. Rogers Construction Co., 1971-1973
Detroit Police Department, 1964
Flint - statistics, 1970
Field Representative's notes, 1968-1972
Against Flint Police Dept., 1967-1972
Flint Board of Education, 1968-1971
Against General Motors Corp., 1966-1972
Housing - Flint, 1969
Complaints
W.J. Adams vs. Flint Police Dept., 1967
Clementine Bailey, 1971
Citizens Bank, 1970
Elias Brothers Big Boy Restaurants, 1974-1977
Ferris State College, 1969
Highway relocation, 1967
Housing, 1966-1970
Housing - Block-busting, 1970
Jackson, Edward N., Mrs., 1965-1966
Referrals from NAACP, 1972
State of Michigan, against, 1969-1972
BOX 15
SODAT, 1973
The Vogue, against, 1974-1977
WAMM, 1975
Western Electric Co., 1972-1973
Marvin Woodson vs. L.W. Edison Co., 1973-1974
Claims and informal complaints
1964-1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978-1979
Flint schools
Prisoners, 1973
Public contacts, 1969-1972
A-95 reviews
General, 1972-1974
A-95-3-72-67-A-95-2-73-133, 1972-1973
A-95-3-73-134-A-95-4-73-144, 1973
A-95-4-73-145-A-95-5-74-9, 1973-1974
A-95-5-74-12-A-95-11-74-41, 1974
A-95-12-74-45-A-95-3-75-18, 1974-1975
A-95-3-75-19-A-95-5-75-42, 1975
A-95-5-75-43-A-95-11-75-85, 1975
A-95-11-75-86-A-95-10-76-126, 1975-1976
BOX 16
A-95-11-76-137-A-95-7-77-70, 1976-1977
A-95-8-77-72-A-95-10-79-72, 1977-1979
Region V-A-95-5-74-1-Region V-A-95-1-75-2, 1974-1975
Region V-A-95-1-75-3-Region V-A-95-11-75-43, 1975
Region V-A-95-12-75-44-Region V-A-95-8-77-15, 1975-1977
Region V, other, 1977-1980
MICHIGAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
Agenda, 1973-1984
Minutes, 1973-1984
Correspondence
1972-1975
1976-1985
Memoranda
1973-1976
1977-1984
Rosters
Revenue sharing, 1973
Hearings
Detroit, 1960
Sault Ste. Marie, 1975
(1 of 3)
(2 of 3)
(3 of 3)
BOX 17
Livonia, 1975
Proceedings
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Miscellaneous
Transcript
(1 of 6)
(2 of 6)
(3 of 6)
(4 of 6)
(5 of 6)
(6 of 6)
Traverse City, 1977
Washington, D.C., 1979
1976
(1 of 3)
(2 of 3)
(3 of 3)
1982-1983
BOX 18
Insurance redlining report, 1978?
Public works grants, 1976-1977
Citizens Advisory Committee, 1974
Steering Committee, 1973
Women’s Rights Program Unit, 1976
Midwestern Regional Office, Chicago, 1975-1979
Midwestern Regional Conference, 1976
Washington, D.C., conference, 1977
Consultation on housing, 1979
Affirmative Action meeting, 1982
Kalamazoo Conference, 1982
Conference, 1983
Midwestern Regional Office
Newsletters, 1977
Press Releases, 1974-1978
Model Cities report, 1975
Model Cities study, 1976
School desegregation case studies, 1975
STATE OF MICHIGAN
Constitutional Convention – Referendum, 1977
Governor
Miscellaneous, 1974, 1989
Issues analysis and program review, 1969
State of the State message draft, 1976, 1979
Legislature
Civil rights bills, 1967
General, 1967-1979
HB 4055, Omnibus civil rights bill, 1976-1977
Urban Education Subcommittee - Hearing in Flint, 1971
Senate - Democratic staff, 1979-1980
Army National Guard, 1976
Attorney General, 1972-1979
Corporation and Securities Commission, 1964
Council for the Arts, 1967-1978
Council on Urban Affairs, 1970
Department of Civil Service
General, 1965-1970
Recruitment, 1969-1970
Advisory Committee - Training Seminars - Women in Management, 1973-1975
Assessment Center, 1977
Civil Service Classification Study, 1973
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Continuing Education Advisory Council, 1973-1977
(1 of 2)
BOX 19
(2 of 2)
Fringe Benefits Study Committee, 1971
(1 of 3)
(2 of 3)
(3 of 3)
Compensation Advisory Board. Pay Study Committee - Re-ports, 1971
(1 of 3)
(2 of 3)
(3 of 3)
Department of Education
Miscellaneous, 1967-1978
Citizens Accountability Panel, 1974
Educational Accountability Report, 1974
(1 of 3)
(2 of 3)
(3 of 3)
Educational accountability hearings, 1974
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Educational Legislative Advisory Council
1973
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
1974
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
1975-1976
BOX 20
Equal educational opportunity conference, 1977
Office of Non-Sexist Education, 1978
Position paper on Indian education, 1977
School desegregation plan, 1972
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Department of Labor
Roy Williams, Director, 1974
Michigan Employment and Training Services Council -hearings, 1978 (CETA)
Office of Women and Work, 1979
Sexual harassment hearings, 1979
Department of Management and Budget. Michigan Indian Com-mission, 1982
Department of Natural Resources, 1971-1972
Department of Social Services
General, 1968-1979
Housing Task Force – report (draft), 1985
Secretary of State, 1967-1971
Department of State Highways and Transportation - U.S. Beasley, 1975
Employment Security Commission, 1965-1977
Equal Employment Opportunity Council, 1976-1980
Highway Department, 1965-1976
Office of Comprehensive Health Planning, 1970
Office of Human Resource Policy and Special Projects, 1981
Office of Planning Coordination, 1970
State Police
Recruitment, 1968-1974
Equal employment opportunity plan, 1977
Women's Commission
General, 1974-1979
“Equality: Challenge of Change” (conference), 1973
GENESEE COUNTY
Miscellaneous, 1970-1975
Board of Commissioners
General, 1968-1978
Affirmative action, 1972-1978
Housing plan (draft), 1974
Circuit Court, 1973-1979
Citizens Probation Authority, 1974
Community Action Agency, 1972-1983
Criminal Justice Planning Program. Citizens Advisory Committee, 1981-1982
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Department of Social Services, 1969-1973
Economic Development Commission, 1972-1974
Citizens Probation Authority, 1974
Mental Health Services Board, 1967
Metropolitan Planning Commission, 1976
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Economic development conference, 1976
BOX 21
Economic Development Advisory Committee, 1972-1973
Genesee County Technical Advisory Committee. Housing Subcommittee, 1972-1974
Parks and Recreation Commission, 1967-1978
Personnel Department, 1975-1980
Probate Court, 1968
Prosecutor, 1967-1980
Road Commission
1975-1977
NAACP complaint, 1975
Sheriff – John P. O’Brien, 1974-1976
Youth Assistance Program, 1968
Elections, 1972-1986
CITY OF FLINT
Charter revision, 1973-1974
Architectural Review Board, 1970-1971
Mayor
Cull, Harry, 1965
McCree, Floyd
General, 1966-1968, 1973-1979
Resignation, 1967
Cronin, Donald, 1968-1969
Limmer, Francis E., 1972
Visser, Paul, 1973-1975
Rutherford, James, 1977-1980
Sharp, James, 1984-1985
City Council
Meeting notes, 1970-1978
Miscellaneous, 1966-1990
Committees
Committee of the Whole, 1974-1975
Finance Committee, 1973
Governmental Operations Committee, 1973-1977
Social Programs Committee, 1971-1974
Individual council members
Applegate, Sandra (9th Ward), 1974-1975
Butler, Ailene R. (1st Ward), 1973-1975
Simmons, Chester, 1978-1980
General, 1968, 1975-1985
Comprehensive plan of policies for development, 1982
St. John Street report, 1974
Resolution on Citizens District Councils, 1969
Ordinances
Fair Housing ordinance, 1966-1974
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Master zoning ordinance, 1967
Real estate signs, 1977
"Sold" signs, 1973
Establishment of Human Relations Commission, 1974-1977
Miscellaneous, 1973-1974
City Manager
1971-1972
Rapp, Brian, 1972-1974
Boggan, Dan, 1973-1975
Deputy City Manager - King, Richard, 1973
City Clerk, 1966-1974
Finance Director, 1973-1978
Citizens Action Center, 1975-1983
Downtown Development Authority, 1995
Department of Community Development
Jack Litzenberg, 1974-1979
Cornelius Monroe, 1970-1971
Richard Wilberg, 1973-1974
General, 1969-1974
Affirmative action, 1970-1971
Community Development application, 1975
BOX 22
Complaints
Clifford Scott, 1972
Bertha Simms, 1969-1974
Doyle and St. John Street projects, 1976-1978
Festival marketplace proposal, 1983
Hotel and convention center, 1978
HUD programs submission, 1968
Housing opportunities program, 1975-1980
Relocation and subsidy payments, 1969-1973
Urban renewal, 1971
Department of Law, 1964-1983
Department of Public Works, 1981-1988
Equal Opportunity Department, 1971-1982
Fire Department. Affirmative Action Committee, 1983-1984
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Housing Commission
Minutes and miscellany, 1971-1982
Policies and procedures, 1971-1972
General, 1964-1975
HUD investigation, 1981
Robert McGuffin, Executive Director, 1974-1977
Complaints, 1972
Forest Park Manor project, 1972
Report and audit, 1981
Reports by race, 1975-1977
Tenants Council elections, 1972-1973
Rules of occupancy
Manpower Planning Coordinator - Briscoe, Alden, 1973-1974
Mass Transportation Authority, 1971-1981
Mayor's Flood Control Citizens Advisory Committee, 1975
Ombudsman, 1972-1980
Parks and Recreation Department, 1972-1982
Personnel Department, 1978
Police Department
Recruitment, 1968-1977
Proposed North End precinct, 1975
Complaint bureau, 1969
Human Relations bureau, 1966
General, 1964-1979
BOX 23
U.S. Department of Justice mediation, 1976
Students for a Democratic Society, 1970
Madeline Fletcher case (Citizens' Committee for Social Justice), 1975-1976
Police-School Liaison Program
Public Works Department - Informal complaints, 1969
Recreation and Park Board, 1971
Affirmative Action Advisory Committee
Agenda and minutes, 1971-1973
Roster, ordinance, policy, 1970-1972
Memoranda
1970-1971
1971-1972
1972
1973-1974
OEO reports, 1974
Program reports, 1971-1973
Miscellaneous subcommittees, 1971-1974
Correspondence, 1971-1974
Charter Revision Commission Advisory Board, 1974
Civil Service Commission
Rules and regulations, 1965-1970
Agenda
1977-1983
1984-1994
Minutes
1971-1973
1974-1975
1975-1977
1978
BOX 24
1979-1980
1981-1983
1984, January-June
1984, June-October
1989-1992
Correspondence
1969-1973
1984-1994
Memoranda, 1974-1990
Annual report
1982-1983
1983-1984
1985-1986
1987-1988
Classified employee survey, 1989
Fire Department investigation, 1983
Miscellaneous, 1970-1989
Requests for hearings, 1982-1992
Grievances
Agle, Thomas
Asa, Lawanda
Axtell, William
Baird, Anthony L.
Barbeau, Sara, and Gatza, John
Berry, David
Blevins, Sam
Bridgett, Brenda
Buford, Valerie
Carpenter, Carole
Clemons, Mary
Diederich, Norman
Donastorg, Alfino
Etherly, Eleanor
Etherly, Eleanor and Winklery, Kimberly and Yancho, Susan A. and Miller, Fannie
Felisky, Margaret
Flint Police sergeants
Gatica, Raul
Gillard, Kenneth R.
Gillmore, David
Gilstrap, Lucy and Johnson, Sadie
Howart, Phyllis
BOX 25
Hunt, Duane
Hussey, Lucy
Johnson, Steffon
Kelly, Marsha
Leslie, Joseph
Local 1603 AFSCME
Local 2056
McDaniels, Starlee
McFaul, Charles and McLain, Thomas
Miller, Marilyn and Robinson, Bettima
Moore, Alice
Robinson, Barbara
Rubin, Edna
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Rutherford, Melvin
Spohn, Ted
Thomas, Tammy
Wallace, Lafayette, Jr.
Warren, Mary
Yanik, Margaret
Human Relations Commission
Agenda, 1983-1985
Minutes, 1967-1986
Rules and guidelines
Executive Committee
Agenda, 1984-1986
Minutes, 1985-1986
Neighborhood Stabilization Committee, 1973
Memoranda, 1974-1987
Correspondence
1964-1967
1971-1973
1974-1979
1982-1986
Education Coalition, 1972-1976
Housing Committee, 1965
Subcommittees, 1970-1986
BOX 26
Membership rosters
Events and invitations, 1974-1987
Fact Finding Planning Committee report, 1970
Responses to affirmative action, 1988
Affirmative Action Panel, April 4, 1984
Hearing, April 10-11, 1984
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Police and Fire Department affirmative action
Report to City Council on real estate signs, 1973
Programs, 1968-1986
Miscellaneous
Committee on Human Relations and Law Enforcement, 1967-1968
Mayor's Advisory Crime Study Commission - Report, 1965
Mayor's Cable TV Committee, 1973-1974
Mayor's City-Wide Advisory Committee
By-laws and rosters
Agenda, 1978-1987
Minutes, 1978-1988
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Executive Board
Agenda, 1980-1987
Minutes, 1979-1984
Correspondence, 1978-1988
Memoranda, 1978-1987
Monthly performance reports
March 1979-April 1982
September 1982-September 1987
Affirmative Action and Fair Housing Subcommittee - Agenda, minutes, and miscellany, 1980-1986
Minority Caucus, 1982
Monitoring and Evaluation Subcommittee - Agenda and minutes, 1979-1987
Miscellaneous subcommittees, 1978-1983
Citizen participation plan
Community development block grants
General, 1978-1983
Proposals
1981
1985
BOX 27
Reports, 1978-1988
Housing Opportunities Program, 1985
Mayor's Committee on Police/Community Training, 1981-1982
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Report and recommendations, 1982
Mayor's Task Force on Redlining and Disinvestment - Report, 1977
Planning Committee, 1979
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Planning Commission
1980-1990
Bertha Simms complaint, 1970-1971
Police Academy Task Force – Report and recommendations, 1976
Affirmative Action Program
Miscellaneous, 1971-1985
Report, 1971
Recruitment of Equal Opportunity Director, 1971-1972
Demolition and rehabilitation contractors, 1969-1971
Budget
1973/1974
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
1974/1975
Community Development Block Grant program, 1977-1978
Economic summit, 1975
Elections
1966
1973
BOX 28
1975
1979-1981
1983-1985
General
James Sharp campaign
Environmental Protection Agency grant - sewage plant, 1973-1974
Flint General Hospital - GLS dispute, 1974-1976
Youth program proposal, 1982
Miscellaneous, 1973-1985
Urban renewal, 1973
FLINT BOARD OF EDUCATION
Rosters, 1977-1979
Board meeting notes, 1968-1975
Correspondence
Administration, 1967-1981
Helen Harris, 1971-1980
Affirmative Action Coordinator, 1974-1979
General, 1973-1980
Elections
1971
1973
1975-1979
1983-1989
Millage requests
1967-1968
1976-1978
Committees
ACTION NOW Evaluation Committee, 1972-1973
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Ad Hoc Resource Committee for Affirmative Action, 1974-1975
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
(3 of 3)
Citizens Advisory Committee, 1967-1968
Committee on Grouping, 1970
Doyle Action Team, 1969
Parents Advisory Council Title I Program, 1975-1976
Superintendent's Committee, 1974
Task Force for School-Community Council Development, 1973
Task Force on Student Needs
1978-1979
Report, 1979
Textbook Committee, 1967-1968
BOX 29
Policies
Administration, 1977-1978
Affirmative action
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Contracting, 1971
Discipline, 1967-1976
(1 of 2)
(2 of 2)
Homogeneous grouping
Topical
Achievement records, 1967-1972
Affirmative action, 1973
Affirmative Action Coordinator recruitment, 1973-1974
African-American history, 1968-1974
Alternative programs, 1976
Community School directors and counselors, 1965
Desegregation plan, 1976-1977
Educational planning survey, 1976
Eugene Miller case, 1973
Finances
Flint Symposium/Conference on Employability Development for Dropouts, 1981
Flint Ordinances 1832-1851 against school loitering, 1971
Follow Through Program, 1969-1972
Grants, 1971-1977
Health, Education, and Welfare, U.S. Department of (HEW)
Flint schools, 1966-1978
Judge Mast decision, 1976-1978
Junior Great Books program, 1967
Magnet programs, 1980
Middle schools, 1984
Miscellaneous, 1966-1990
Mott Foundation position paper on grants, 1977
Personnel, 1966-1981
Plan for quality education, 1979
Racial data, 1969-1974
Racial distribution, 1964-1969
Racial tension, 1967-19