Denton L. Watson

Denton L. Watson, formerly director of public relations for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is an associate professor at SUNY College at Old Westbury and project director and editor of The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. He is author of Lion in the Lobby, Clarence Mitchell, Jr.’s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws.


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Cover of The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume I

The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume I

1942–1943

Clarence Mitchell Jr. was the driving force in the movement for passage of civil rights laws in America. The foundation for Mitchell's struggle was laid during his tenure at the Fair Employment Practice Committee, where he led implementation of President Roosevelt's policy barring racial discrimination in employment in the national defense and war industry programs.…


Cover of The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume II

The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume II

1944–1946

Clarence Mitchell Jr. was the driving force in the movement for passage of civil rights laws in America. The foundation for Mitchell's struggle was laid during his tenure at the Fair Employment Practice Committee, where he led implementation of President Roosevelt's policy barring racial discrimination in employment in the national defense and war industry programs.…


Cover of The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume III

The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr., Volume III

NAACP Labor Secretary and Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau

Born in Baltimore in 1911, Clarence Mitchell Jr. led the struggle for passage of the 1957 Civil Rights Act, the 1960 Civil Rights Act, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the 1968 Fair Housing Act.…

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