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Doar, John, 1921-

Biography:

John Doar served as First Assistant and then Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Dept. of Justice, from 1960 to 1967, the critical years of the civil rights movement. He also served as Special Counsel to the House of Representatives with respect to the impeachment of President Nixon and as counsel to the judicial investigation of a sitting federal judge (which ultimately led to his impeachment). -- The Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Civil Rights History Project (Library of Congress)
  • John Carlos oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in New York, New York, 2013-08-18 (Oral histories (document genres))
• Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
  • Justice Department and the Philadelphia 17; [n.d.] (Reports)
  • Mississippi : image and reality; March 1965 (Reports)
  • Proposal for a Southern Freedom Center; [n.d.] (Text)
• Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
• FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  • Ku Klux Klan (Federal government records)
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Beech-- Correspondence (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 1, Folder 1) (Correspondence)
  • Braden--Mississippi 1958-1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15) (Correspondence)
  • Braden--Mississippi 1964 (continued)-1966 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 56, Folder 1) (Press releases)
  • Heath--Mississippi and the Ku Klux Klan, 1964 (William Heath research papers, 1963-1997; Z: Accessions, M2009-045, Box 5, Folder 14) (Reports)
  • Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - General, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 4) (Correspondence)
  • King--Freedom Schools, 1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 16) (Reports)
  • King--January 1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 2) (Reports)
  • King--July, 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 8) (Reports)
  • King--March 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 4) (Text)
  • King--MFDP, Voter Registration, DNC Challenge, Freedom Vote (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 15) (Reports)
  • King--Minutest of Meetings, 1964-1965 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 3, Folder 2) (Minutes (administrative records))
  • King--Pre-1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 1) (Reports)
  • King--SNCC Communications Section, 1963-1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 3, Folder 1) (Reports)
  • King--SNCC Communications Section (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 14) (Reports)
  • Moore--Correspondence, 1965-1966 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 6) (Correspondence)
  • Moore--Correspondence, 1968 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 8) (Correspondence)
  • SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 6) (Pamphlets)
  • SAVF--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 16) (Reports)
  • SEDFRE--Schwerner Application to CORE (Copy), 1963, and Clippings, Press Releases, and News Summaries, 1964 (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 1, Folder 10) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Zinn --MFDP - Summer Project, 1964 (Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 2, Folder 6) (Correspondence)
• Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Grace M. Barclay to Mr. Meredith (9 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Ross Dugan to Mr. Meredith (1 October 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Sandra Brown to "Dear Mr. Meredith" (Undated) (Correspondence)
• Integration of the University of Mississippi (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • James Meredith and John Doar in Car (Black-and-white photographs)
  • James Meredith in Car (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Joseph McShane with Paul Johnson (Black-and-white photographs)
• James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • "Margaret" to Jim, 5 January 1943 (Correspondence)
  • VFW Still At Odds With VA Integration (Clippings (information artifacts))
• Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
  • Photograph of students marching during the Freedom March on Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 March 23 (Black-and-white photographs)
• New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
  • Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin (1897-1988) (Articles)
  • Richard B. Russell Jr. (1897-1971) (Articles)

Educator Resources

• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Robinson--Freedom School materials (Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson papers, 1960-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 191, Box 1, Folder 5) (Instructional materials)