Box 4

Though the Delaware NAACP and Mitchell had significant clashes with previous governors (Terry and Peterson), their relationship with Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt was particularly troubled. Relations reached an all time low when Tribbitt refused an invitation to the annual banquet of the Wilmington Branch NAACP.

Contains correspondence to and from Mary C. Baker, Chair of the Delaware NAACP Education Committee regarding Department of Public Instruction policies as well as material from the Wilmington Branch NAACP.

Contains correspondence relating to the number of blacks employed in Delaware school districts and in Governor Tribbitt's administration.

Contains material regarding alleged police misconduct, Wilmington Branch NAACP elections, and meeting minutes.

Contains State of Delaware Affirmative Action plans, information on hiring bias, and migrant labor.

Contains material related to a NAACP march in Boston, Massachusetts to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. Also notable is a statement by Governor Sherman Tribbitt in observance of "Afro-American (Black History) Week."

Contains material relating to the efforts to limit or end the practice of busing as a method to desegregate schools and NAACP statements on "white flight" in Wilmington, Delaware.

Contains correspondence primarily relating to fundraising and donations from individuals and churches.

Contains information related to the controversy over Governor Tribbitt's attempt to appoint Dean C. Steele, who the NAACP believed to be extremely prejudiced, to the State Board of Education.

Contains a letter to Mitchell from the mother of one of a number of black children sexually assaulted at a migrant labor camp day care in 1979. Also included are news clippings about the event.

Contains news articles regarding the perceived lack of leadership within the NAACP and Mitchell's criticism of then Republican Presidential nominee Ronald Reagan for not attending the National NAACP Annual convention

Includes a telegram from Mitchell on behalf of the Delaware NAACP to President Ronald Regan wishing him well after the 1981 assassination attempt.

Correspondence, memos, and minutes related to the activities of the Wilmington, Delaware, branch of the NAACP.

Contains mostly NAACP business including annual NAACP State Conference agendas and minutes, workshop publications, and programs for award ceremonies.

"The Morning News" front page (1969) and "State News Topic" article on Desegregation 30 years later (1984).