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McMillan v. Escambia County Case File, 1955-1977, Date acquired: 01/00/1986

 

Summary

Extent:
148.00 items
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Partial exhibit files offered by plaintiff in the United States District Court suit, McMillan versus Escambia County, 1977, seeking to establish single member district elections for Escambia County Commissioners. These files are mostly photocopies of records and reports, 1955-1977, of both the City of Pensacola and Escambia county showing breakdowns by race in such areas as school board members and teachers, elected officials, appointments to committees and public boards, election poll workers, local government employment, and allocation of road paving projects and recreational facilities. Other materials include U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity reports, U.S. Housing and Urban Development applications for community block development funds, affirmative action plans, annual budget and audit reports, and federal revenue sharing applications. Additional files cover the 1959 extablishment of at-large voting; campaign disclosure files for Louis L. Brown, Peter Gindl, Charles E. Deese, Kenneth J. Kelson, Jack Kenney, Marvin Beck, Zearl Lancaster; and the proposed charter for Escambia County.

Acquisition information:
Larry T. Menefee, by arrangement with James Barry Dunford, January 1986
Processing information:

Cataloged 01/21/1986

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Recreation centers--Florida--Escambia County--Statistics.
Recreation centers--Florida--Pensacola--Statistics.
African Americans--Civil rights--Florida--Escambia County.
African Americans--Civil rights--Florida--Pensacola.
Community development--Florida--Escambia County.
Community development--Florida--Pensacola.
Affirmative action programs--Florida--Escambia County.
Affirmative action programs--Florida--Pensacola.
Revenue sharing--Florida--Escambia County.
Revenue sharing--Florida--Pensacola.
Local elections--Florida--Escambia County.
Local elections--Florida--Pensacola.
African Americans--Florida--Escambia County--Politics and government--20th century.
African Americans--Florida--Pensacola--Politics and government--20th century.
Racism--Florida--Escambia County.
Racism--Florida--Pensacola.
Teachers--Florida--Escambia County--Statistics.
Teachers--Florida--Pensacola--Statistics.
School board members--Florida--Escambia County--Statistics.
School board members--Florida--Pensacola--Statistics.
Election workers--Florida--Escambia County--Statistics.
Election workers--Florida--Pensacola--Statistics.
Roads--Florida--Escambia County--Statistics.
Roads--Florida--Pensacola--Statistics.
Statistics--Florida--Pensacola.
Statistics--Florida--Escambia County.
Application forms--Florida.
Budgets--Florida--Escambia County.
Budgets--Florida--Pensacola.
Audits--Florida--Pensacola.
Audits--Florida--Escambia County.
Charters--Florida--Escambia County.
Case files--Florida--Escambia County.
Court records--Florida--Escambia County.
Names:
Escambia County (Fla.). Board of County Commissioners--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
Kenney, Jack.
Beck, Marvin.
Lancaster, Zearl.
McMillan, Henry, 1913-1990--Trials, litigation, etc.
Brown, Louis L.
Gindl, Peter.
Deese, Charles E.
Kelson, Kenneth J.
Places:
Escambia County (Fla.)--Politics and government.

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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Location of this collection:
University Archives and West Florida History Center
11000 University Pkwy
Pensacola
FL
32514
USA