NAACP Testimonies: 1958 - 1960

Statements and Testimonies of Clarence Mitchell, Jr. and Other NAACP Representatives, 1958-1960

  • (85) H1647-3 (also H22011-1): Proposed Amendments to Public Laws 815 and 874, 81st Congress (Assistance to Federally Affected School Districts). Subcommittee on General Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, 85th Congress, 2nd sess. January 31, 1958, United States Congressional Hearings, 627-39.
  • (85) S1256-3-B: Limitation of Appellate Jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court. Part 2. S. 2646. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the International Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, Committee on the Judiciary, 85th Congress, 2nd sess. March 4, 1958, United States Congressional Hearings, 486-93 (Statement of Thurgood Marshall read by Clarence Mitchell, accompanied by J. Francis Pohlhaus). 
  • (85) S1260-1: Science and Education for National Defense. S.J. Res. 48; S. 191+. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, 2nd sess. March 5, 1958. United States Congressional Hearings, 876-886.
  • (85) H1660-1: Scholarship and Loan Program. Part 3. H.R. 9170. Subcommittee on Special Education; Subcommittee on General Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, 85th Congress, 2nd sess., April 2, 1958, United States Congressional Hearings, 1877-87.
  • (85) H1682-1: Federal Grants to States for Education. H.R. 10763+. Subcommittee on General Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, 85th Congress, 2nd sess. June 5, 1958, United States Congressional Hearings, 516-522.
  • (85) H1685-7: Prohibiting Certain Acts Involving the Use of Explosives, H.R. 11806+. Subcommittee No. 3 (Judiciary), Committee on Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, t85thCongress, 2nd sess. June 18, 1958, United States Congressional Hearings, 34-43.
  • (86) H1716-3: School Support Act of 1959. H.R. 22. Subcommittee on General Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, 86th Congress, 1st sess. March 3, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 264-75.
  • (86) H1735-8: Civil Rights. H.R. 351+. Subcommttee No 5, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, 86thCongress, 1st sess. March 5, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 334-50 (Roy Wilkins).
  • (86) H1735-8: Civil Rights. H.R. 351+. Subcommttee No 5, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, 86thCongress, 1st sess. March 5, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 781-782.
  • (86) H1735-8: Civil Rights. H.R. 351+. Subcommittee No. 5, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, 86thCongress, 1st sess. March 5, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 783-801. (Rev. John Barnes, Hattiesburg NAACP Branch, Mississippi).
  • (86) S1338-2-A: Civil Rights –1959. S. 435+. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 86thCongress, 1st sess. April 8, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 272-307 (Roy Wilkins, accompanied by Mitchell).
  • (86) S1338-2-A: Civil Rights –1959. S. 435+. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 86thCongress, 1st sess. April 8, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 307- 28 (Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., counsel, LCCR, accompanied by William L. Taylor, legislative representative, ADA).
  • (86) S1327-6: Federal Grants to States for Elementary and Secondary Schools. S. 2; S.8+. Subcommittee on Education, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, 86th Congress, 1st sess. April 9, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 384-387.
  • (86) S1346-1-A: Proposed Antisubversion Legislation. Part 1. S. 3+. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 86th Congress, 1st sess. April 30, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 356-65. 
  • (86) H1735-8: Civil Rights. H.R. 351+. Subcommittee No. 5, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, 86thCongress, 1st sess. May 1, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 892-904 (Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., vice chairman, ADA, appearing on behalf of the NAACP, and William L. Taylor, legislative representative, ADA).
  • (86) H1735-7: Habeas Corpus. Subcommittee No. 3 on H.R. 2269; H.R. 326; H.R. 4958; H.R. 6742, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, 1st sess. May 11, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 27-58 (Louis H. Pollak, associate professor of Law, Yale Law School, accompanied by Mitchell).
  • (86) S1439-2: Constitutional Amendment Reserving State Control Over Public Schools. S.J. Res 32. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 86thCongress, 1st sess. May 13, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 127-34.
  • (86) H---: Explosives. H.R. 15. Subcommittee No. 3, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, 86th Congress, 1st sess. May 14, 1959, (Mitchell, accompanied by J. Francis Pohlhaus). (MS: NAACP III: B-94, DLC.)
  • (86) S1367-9: Poll Tax and Enfranchisement of District of Columbia. S.J. Res. 126+. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 86th Congress, 1st sess. August 17, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 70-71.
  • (86) S1367-9: Poll Tax and Enfranchisement of D.C. S.J. Res 126+. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Committee on  the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 86th Congress, 1st sess. August  17, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 71-77 (Joseph L. Rauh, ADA).
  • (86) S1434-0-A: Migratory Labor. Part 1. Subcommittee on Migratory Labor, Committee on Labor and Public Works, U.S. Senate, 86th Congress, 1st sess. December 7, 1959, United States Congressional Hearings, 581-91 (Herbert Hill, NAACP labor secretary).
  • (86) S1402-7: Independent Offices Appropriations, 1961. H.R. 11776. Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, 86th Congress, 2nd sess. May 24, 1960, United States Congressional Hearings, 700-04.
  • Statements before non-Congressional Committees
  • To the Commission on Schools of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice at Loyola University, Chicago, August 28, 1958 (J. Francis Pohlhaus). 
  • To the Staff of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, May 17, 1960. (MS: MP. – See appendix, Volume IV.)

 


[i] MS: Congressional Information Service.

 Except where noted, the testimonies are by Mitchell.