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Size | About 25 items |
Abstract | W. Robert Mann was professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina. The W. Robert Mann Papers consist of correspondence and other materials relating to Mann's support for integration of the university, Chapel Hill schools, and local businesses. There is also a newspaper article, 1999, about Leroy Frasier and Ralph Frasier, who along with John Brandon integrated the University of North Carolina in 1955. |
Creator | Mann, W. Robert (William Robert), 1920-2006 |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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W. Robert Mann was professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina. He supported integration of the university, Chapel Hill schools, and local businesses.
Back to TopThe W. Robert Mann Papers consist of correspondence relating to a 1955 University of North Carolina Faculty Council resolution commending the administration for integrating the General College of the university and to Mann's 1956 appearance before the North Carolina General Assembly on behalf of the Inter-Racial Fellowship for Schools; printed pamphlets and handbills in support of segregation; the six-month, four-part "Plan for Desegregation of Schools in Chapel Hill Administrative Unit"; a 1963 memorandum by Daniel H. Pollitt, professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explaining the constitutionality of a Chapel Hill, N.C., public accommodations law and a related flier with background information on the Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business and its efforts to desegregate hold-out businesses; and a newspaper article, 1999, about Leroy and Ralph Frasier, who along with John Brandon integrated the University of North Carolina in 1955.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
Correspondence, 1955-1956Letters, 1955, concern the University of North Carolina Faculty Council resolution to commend the administration "for its acceptance in good faith of the non-discriminatory admissions policy stated in the recent Federal District Court decision, as shown by its prompt processing of the applications of the three Negroes for admission to the General College at Chapel Hill," and the resulting debate over whether or not the Faculty Council was empowered to make such a commendation. Letters, 1956, concern Mann's appearance before the North Carolina General Assembly on behalf of the Inter-Racial Fellowship for Schools. |
Folder 2 |
Printed materials, 1955-1956Pro-segregation pamphlets and handbills printed or reprinted from The Charlotte Observer; The Cross and the Flag; D.C. Public Schools Association, The Evening Star; Patriots of North Carolina, Inc.; The Southern Presbyterian Journal; Statesville (N.C.) Record and Landmark; and The News and Observer. |
Folder 3 |
Chapel Hill Fellowship for School Integration, May 1959Includes an address list of financial contributors and the six-month, four-part "Plan for Desegregation of Schools in Chapel Hill Administrative Unit." |
Folder 4 |
Public Accommodation Law for Chapel Hill, 1963Memorandum by Daniel H. Pollitt, professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explaining the constitutionality of a Chapel Hill, N.C., public accommodations law and a related flier with background information on the Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business and its efforts to desegregate hold-out businesses. |
Folder 5 |
Clipping, 1999Herald Sun article on Leroy and Ralph Frasier, who along with John Brandon integrated the University of North Carolina in 1955. The clipping includes a picture of W. Robert Mann greeting the Frasier brothers and John Brandon. |