Civil rights lawyers--United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012003325.html
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Beverly Axelrod papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0884
Abstract
Beverly Axelrod was a San Francisco-based lawyer heavily involved in civil rights and social justice movements and organizations in the 1950s and 1960s, both as an attorney and as an activist. Her papers consist of correspondence, legal files, organization documentation, activist literature, and other material relating to her life and career. A large portion of the collection documents Axelrod's relationship with writer and activist Eldridge Cleaver.
Dates:
1935-2009; Majority of material found within 1953-2003