Title	A.B. Thornton correspondence
Series	Series 2, Dr. John R. Cunningham correspondence
Digital Collection	Charlotte Mayor's Committee on Race Relations Papers, 1960-1965
Creator	Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980
Date Created	1962-08-23
Series Description	This series consists of correspondence from and to the Reverend Dr. John R. Cunningham, chairman of both mayoral committees.
Collection Description	Charlotte mayor (from 1957-1961) James Saxon Smith formed the Mayor's Friendly Relationship Committee (MFRC) in response to student organized sit-ins at lunch counters in some of uptown Charlotte's major white-owned establishments on February 12, 1960. By July 1960, the MFRC had helped the lunch counter owners and student protesters come to an agreement which resulted in the integration of many of Charlotte's lunch counters. The work of the committee continued and expanded to explore broader community issues, and was renamed the Mayor's Community Relations Committee (MCRC) in 1961. This collection comprises papers related to the establishment and work of both committees, and includes correspondence, committee minutes, memorandums, pamphlets, and research materials on the subject of race relationships.
Subjects--Names	Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980 Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990 Smith, James Saxon
Subjects--Organizations	Charlotte (N.C.). Mayor's Friendly Relationship Committee Charlotte (N.C.). Mayor's Community Relations Committee Johnson C. Smith University
Subjects--Topics	African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights--North Carolina--Charlotte Discrimination in public accommodations--North Carolina--Charlotte Race discrimination--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century Municipal government--North Carolina--Charlotte
Subjects--Locations	Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Charlotte (N.C.)--Politics and government--20th century
Coverage--Place	Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Box Number	4
Folder Number	48
Language	eng
Object Type	Text
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2, uploaded as .tif
Genre	manuscripts (document genre)
Finding Aid	http://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/Manuscript/Mayor%27s%20Committee%20Race%20Relations.pdf
Original Collection	Mayor's Committee on Race Relationships papers
Digital Collection Home Page	http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll11
Repository	Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Digital Publisher	J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Rights	These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. The digital reproductions have been made available through an evaluation of public domain status, permissions from the rights' holders, and authorization under the law including fair use as codified in 17 U.S.C. section 107. Although these materials are publicly accessible for these limited purposes, they may not all be in the public domain. Users are responsible for determining if permission for re-use is necessary and for obtaining such permission. Individuals who have concerns about online access to specific content should contact J. Murrey Atkins Library.
Location of Original	Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Grant Information	Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Identifier	cml-mcrc-020448
Date Digitized	2015-09-01
OCR Transcript	August 23, 1962 Mr. A. B. Thornton 3931 Statesville Avenue Charlotte, North Carolina My dear Mr. Thornton: I have attempted to reach you by phone several times in the last couple of weeks hoping that it would be possible for you, Mayor Brookshire and me to have a conference to see if some plan might be worked out to ease the problem which confronts our community in connection with the demonstrations of your restaurants. I am serving as Chairman of the Mayor's Committee which has been able to furnish at least a channel of intercommunication in a good many such situations as they have arisen in the past couple of years. I have every confidence that we could have been helpful in this regard had we been given an opportunity. I write to say to you that we stand ready to do anything possible to allay these difficulties which are causing embarrassment to you and your business and to our city. With best wishes, I am Sincerely, J R Cunningham
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