School integration -- Buffalo (N.Y.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Buffalo Public Schools Desegregation records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 104
Abstract
The Buffalo Public Schools Desegregation Records, 1972-1995, consist of reports, statistical data and analyses, correspondence, and court documents created by or received by the Board of Education or their counsel related to the desegregation case Arthur V. Nyquist and other similar cases.
Judge John T. Curtin files Re: Arthur v. Nyquist
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 178
Overview
John T. Curtin, Chief
Judge of the U.S. Federal District Court, Western District of New York,
presided over the lawsuit Arthur v. Nyquist
brought by plaintiffs to desegregate the Buffalo Public Schools in Buffalo, New
York from the 1970s through the 1990s. Collection includes correspondence with
individuals and attorneys as well as internal office memos.
David G. Jay Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 103
Abstract
Materials related to the desegregation of the Buffalo Public School System, created or received by David G. Jay through the course of his work as a lawyer during the court proceedings that guided the desegregation process. This collection includes correspondence, court briefs, notes, newspaper clippings, depositions, court exhibits, internal and external reports, and statistical data.
Found in:
University Archives
/
David G. Jay Papers
Lydia T. Wright papers
Collection — Box 1-15, 16+, 17-32
Identifier: MS 15
Overview
The collection contains research material on school integration including press clippings, speeches, and correspondence related to efforts to integrate the school system of Buffalo, New York as well as other civil rights issues including the 1963 March on Washington. Collection also includes personal memorabilia and family papers.
Found in:
University Archives
/
Lydia T. Wright papers