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Collection Number: 05675-z

Collection Title: W. Robert Mann Papers, 1955-1999 (bulk 1955-1963)

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Size About 25 items
Abstract W. Robert Mann was professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina. The W. Robert Mann Papers consist of correspondence and other materials relating to Mann's support for integration of the university, Chapel Hill schools, and local businesses. There is also a newspaper article, 1999, about Leroy Frasier and Ralph Frasier, who along with John Brandon integrated the University of North Carolina in 1955.
Creator Mann, W. Robert (William Robert), 1920-2006
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the W. Robert Mann Papers #05675-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received as a gift from Carol Mann Kelly of Chapel Hill, N.C., January and February 2016 (Acc. 102507, 102526).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2016

Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, April 2016

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W. Robert Mann was professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina. He supported integration of the university, Chapel Hill schools, and local businesses.

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The W. Robert Mann Papers consist of correspondence relating to a 1955 University of North Carolina Faculty Council resolution commending the administration for integrating the General College of the university and to Mann's 1956 appearance before the North Carolina General Assembly on behalf of the Inter-Racial Fellowship for Schools; printed pamphlets and handbills in support of segregation; the six-month, four-part "Plan for Desegregation of Schools in Chapel Hill Administrative Unit"; a 1963 memorandum by Daniel H. Pollitt, professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explaining the constitutionality of a Chapel Hill, N.C., public accommodations law and a related flier with background information on the Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business and its efforts to desegregate hold-out businesses; and a newspaper article, 1999, about Leroy and Ralph Frasier, who along with John Brandon integrated the University of North Carolina in 1955.

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Contents list

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25 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 1

Correspondence, 1955-1956

Letters, 1955, concern the University of North Carolina Faculty Council resolution to commend the administration "for its acceptance in good faith of the non-discriminatory admissions policy stated in the recent Federal District Court decision, as shown by its prompt processing of the applications of the three Negroes for admission to the General College at Chapel Hill," and the resulting debate over whether or not the Faculty Council was empowered to make such a commendation.

Letters, 1956, concern Mann's appearance before the North Carolina General Assembly on behalf of the Inter-Racial Fellowship for Schools.

Folder 2

Printed materials, 1955-1956

Pro-segregation pamphlets and handbills printed or reprinted from The Charlotte Observer; The Cross and the Flag; D.C. Public Schools Association, The Evening Star; Patriots of North Carolina, Inc.; The Southern Presbyterian Journal; Statesville (N.C.) Record and Landmark; and The News and Observer.

Folder 3

Chapel Hill Fellowship for School Integration, May 1959

Includes an address list of financial contributors and the six-month, four-part "Plan for Desegregation of Schools in Chapel Hill Administrative Unit."
Folder 4

Public Accommodation Law for Chapel Hill, 1963

Memorandum by Daniel H. Pollitt, professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explaining the constitutionality of a Chapel Hill, N.C., public accommodations law and a related flier with background information on the Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business and its efforts to desegregate hold-out businesses.

Folder 5

Clipping, 1999

Herald Sun article on Leroy and Ralph Frasier, who along with John Brandon integrated the University of North Carolina in 1955. The clipping includes a picture of W. Robert Mann greeting the Frasier brothers and John Brandon.

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