Box 5

Contains correspondence relating to the appointment of minorities to local government positions and continuing desegregation efforts. Also includes news clippings and correspondence regarding Michael Castle's run for the position of Governor and his differences with the NAACP.

Contains material relating to NAACP opposition to South African apartheid and includes a Proclamation of a Wilmington Day of Mourning in response to continued oppression of black citizens in South Africa.

Contains correspondence and news articles on a row between Mitchell and Wendell Howell, President of the Citizens Coalition for Justice over the latter's support for the release of an inmate convicted of killing a 13 year-old black girl in 1975.

Protest sign and list of Delaware attendees.

Contains a folder titled "Recommendations for State Board per State NAACP and Other Info" which includes, along with material related to Delaware NAACP business, correspondence to the State Board of Education regarding policies and hiring practices.

Contains almost entirely meeting minutes, memos, and agendas. Includes a partial NAACP member list.

Contains correspondence from Mitchell written to state officials regarding signs posted at businesses stating their right to refuse service to anyone. Also included are news articles discussing NAACP objections to Governor Michael Castle's nominee to the state Board of Education, a controversial police shooting, and Mitchell's efforts to stop a proposed welfare bill.

Contains a copy of the Delaware State Conference of Branches bylaws and NAACP Region II correspondence.

Contains material relating to a lawsuit filed by the Central Delaware Branch against the City of Dover over alleged disenfranchisement of black voters.

Contains material relating to a lawsuit filed by the Central Delaware Branch against the City of Dover over alleged disenfranchisement of black voters.

Correspondence relates to black athletes and diversity at the University of Delaware.

Contains mostly meeting minutes and NAACP financial information.

In 1988 the head of the Wilmington Branch NAACP, Larry M. Morris, was forced to step down during a scandal involving missing funds. 15,000 dollars in unauthorized expenditures were made over a period of a year and half, leading to significant financial difficulties for the organization. After the removal of Morris, Mitchell was chosen by the national NAACP to temporarily oversee the affairs of the Wilmington Branch.

Material created during Mitchell's tenure as branch administrator

Contains agendas, minutes, and financial information of the Wilmington Branch.

Contains news stories regarding Mitchell's criticism of the Castle administration's progress in eliminating hiring discrimination and disapproval of the actions of the state's Affirmative Action Equal Employment Opportunities Advisory Council, of which he was a member. Also included is material relating to the graduation of the 56th Delaware State Police Class, during which Mitchell gave the keynote address (a first for the NAACP).

In 1989, Louis Redding was the recipient of the National Education Association Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Award as well as the NAACP William Robert Ming Advocacy Award.