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Description

1. .2 lin. ft.

Summary

1. Correspondence, political files, and printed material documenting Lane's opposition to racial discrimination and war. Includes letters from World War II soldiers relating to discrimination in the military, and material on the 14th amendment, National Committee on Rural Schools, and the Socialist Party, on whose ticket Lane ran for office.

Subject

1. African Americans > Political activity
2. National Committee on Rural Schools
3. United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
4. United States > Social conditions > 1933-1945
5. Socialist Party (U.S.)
6. Discrimination > United States
7. African Americans > Segregation
8. United States Constitution 14th Amendment
9. African Americans > Civil rights
10. United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945
11. United States > Social conditions > 1945-
12. United States > History > World War, 1939-1945 > Afro-American troops
13. Rural schools > United States
14. Lane, Layle, 1893-1976
15. Peace movements > United States
16. Civil rights > United States
17. Socialist parties > United States

Call number

1. Sc MG 54

Note

1. Photographs have been separated to the Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

1. n-us---

Biography (note)

1. High school teacher and civil rights advocate in New York City.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Accessioned
3. Processed
4. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Lane, Layle, 1893-1976.

Title

1. Layle Lane papers, 1933-1951.

Biography

1. High school teacher and civil rights advocate in New York City.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

LCCN

1. ms 82001361

Research call number

1. Sc MG 54