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Box 7

 Container

Contains 45 Results:

General NMU. Mrs. Maskey, 1942

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from widow of merchant seaman

Dates: 1942

General NMU. Merchant Marine Council, 1942

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes

Dates: 1942

General NMU. Metts, James, 1943-1944

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents

Arrested by Coast Guard for 'seditious acts,' cleared of all charges.

Dates: 1943-1944

General NMU. National Maritime Day, 1943-1946

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents

Includes broadsides and programs celebrating National Maritime Day.

Dates: 1943-1946

General NMU. National Maritime Day, 1943-1946

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 43
Scope and Contents

Includes Wood Ad Mats (relief images) and broadside which uses Wood Ad Mats to print images. Also includes program for celebration, press releases, and invitations to the opening of the NMU War Memorial.

Dates: 1943-1946

General file. Council on African Affairs, 1942-1945

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlet "What of Africa's Place in Tomorrow's World?" and several issues of the monthly bulletin New Africa. Includes signed, personal correspondence from Paul Robeson.

Dates: 1942-1945

General NMU. Bonus Dispute, 1942-1946

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

For merchant seamen injured in the line of duty

Dates: 1942-1946

General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines, 1942-1943

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

ICC proceedings regarding discrimination against African- American merchant seamen. Includes article by W. Standard, "Maritime Workers and the War: Railroad Discrimination Against Negro Seamen." Also includes Standard's research, case notes, and drafts of

Dates: 1942-1943