Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., 1911-1992

Authoritative Name:
Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., 1911-1992
Biography:
Civil liberties lawyer and champion of civil right and liberal causes. Joseph Louis Rauh Jr. was born in Cincinnati on Jan. 3, 1911 and died in Washington, D.C. in September 1992. Rauh helped found Americans for Democratic Action in 1957 and served as a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. His clients included the United Automobile Workers, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He lobbied for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
Associated Subjects:
Rauh, Joseph L., Jr., 1911-1992
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, correspondence, 1966

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Morris, John B., 1930-2010
Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity
Date of Original:
1966
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Bowie--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (Harry J. Bowie papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 31 & Micro 928 (P82-2479), Box 2, Folder 3)

Creator:
Bowie, Harry
Date of Original:
1964/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15)

Creator:
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE Southern Regional Office--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, May 1964-August 1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 16, Folder 11)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Convention challenge - Memoranda and diary, 1964 June-Oct. (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 39)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Council of Federated Organizations--Records (Z: Accessions, M79-423)

Creator:
Council of Federated Organizations
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Dunlap--Correspondence by Bryan R. Dunlap, 1964-1965 (Papers, 1964-1972, 1994; Z: Accessions, M2000-007, Box 1, Folder 1)

Creator:
Dunlap, Bryan R.
Date of Original:
1964
1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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