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About This Project
"Senator Sam Ervin and the 1964 Civil Rights Act" presents photos and transcriptions of constituent letters from the Sam Ervin Papers in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill alongside essays and other contextualizing materials. Watch this video to learn more about this project and the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Please note that some of the language on this site, particularly in the letters themselves, may be offensive to readers.Photo Credit
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Martin Luther King, Jr. is among those looking on. 1964. National Archives and Records Administration. Photograph. This Day in History. pbs.org, 19 June 2013. Web. 20 Nov. 2013.
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- Letters
- A Letter from Albemarle, NC
- A Letter from Chapel Hill, NC
- A Letter From Chapel Hill, NC
- A letter from Charlotte, NC
- A Letter from Columbia, NC
- A Letter from Dudley, NC
- A Letter from Duke University, Durham, NC
- A Letter from Durham, NC
- A letter from Durham, NC
- A letter from Greensboro, NC
- A Letter From Mount Airy, NC
- A letter from Pittsburgh, PA
- A Letter from Raleigh, NC
- A Letter from Salisbury, NC
- A Letter from Troutman, NC
- A Letter From Williamston, NC
- A Letter From Winston Salem, NC
- A Telegram from Asheville, NC
- Historical Context
- Civil Rights in North Carolina
- Legal and Cultural Analysis
- Civil Rights Art Piece
- Danny Lyon – Civil Rights Photographer
- Description and Analysis of Key Points Made in Ervin’s Correspondence with Francis Paschal
- Public Opinion and “Public Accommodations”: A Tale of Two Civil Rights Acts
- Racism in Our World Today
- The Role of African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
- Reactions to Civil Rights
- Timelines
- Contributors
- About This Project