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Box 10

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Labor Department - Children's Bureau -, 1922-1934

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Information on child labor, migrants, welfare and social security, services relating to youths, both Black and white; re Black delinquent youth not properly placed in correctional institution due to lack of space and racial segregation. Includes statistics on population,, delinquents and types of crimes committee by Black youth; Bibliography of publications by the Children's Bureau about working mothers and youth with specific information on Blacks.

Dates: 1922-1934

Labor Department - Conciliation Service -, 1932-1939

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Correspondence alleging discrimination against Blacks in employment by private sector employers and labor unions in Chicago, Illinois and Indiana. Discrimination by International Longshoremen's Association in Texas. Alleged discrimination against Blacks on Works Progress Administration projects and Public Works Administration projects; Memorandum listing Black political, educational, and social leaders to be invited to the ceremony dedicating the new Labor Department Building.

Dates: 1932-1939

Labor Department - Conciliation Service - Joint Conference Committee of the Community Progressive Black Painters Union -, 1939

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Documents re a New York Black painters labor union allege discrimination against Blacks in private sector employment and federal emergency relief programs. Recommendation from Lawrence Oxley for the Labor Department to cease relations with the Committee.

Dates: 1939