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Photograph, Harrison Williams receives a petition from the Princeton, NJ, area in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Crossroads: Harrison A. Williams, Jr. and Great Society Liberalism, 1959-1981
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Weimer, Larry.
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Radick, Caryn .
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"I have said before that the words, "American Citizen," will become only a worthless term, if any one of us is denied the rights which belong to all citizens. We cannot stand aside and watch while one man's rights are denied, for what he loses today, we all may lose tomorrow." Harrison A. Williams, Jr., Remarks on joining as a cosponsor of the Civil Rights Act of 1967.
The opening of American society to include more of its citizens as full participants in its democracy and to respect all individuals’ unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is perhaps the signature legacy of the 1960s and 1970s. On the legislative front, the battle for civil rights for African-Americans culminated with landmark acts in 1964 and 1965. Other forms of legal discrimination—including, but surely not limited to, those of age, sex, and disability—were exposed, confronted, and became the subject of legislative action by Williams and others.
The opening of American society to include more of its citizens as full participants in its democracy and to respect all individuals’ unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is perhaps the signature legacy of the 1960s and 1970s. On the legislative front, the battle for civil rights for African-Americans culminated with landmark acts in 1964 and 1965. Other forms of legal discrimination—including, but surely not limited to, those of age, sex, and disability—were exposed, confronted, and became the subject of legislative action by Williams and others.
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In the months leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Williams received messages from his New Jersey constituents, either supporting or opposing the bill. Over 1,000 people, most of whom were from Princeton, NJ, signed this petition favoring the civil rights bill.
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Inventory to the Papers of Harrison A. Williams, Jr.
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Rutgers University Libraries; New Brunswick, New Jersey
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2008-01
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2009-02
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Lee, Soo Jung
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Weimer, Larry
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http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/manuscripts/williams01f.html
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Finding aid provides description of materials in the Harrison A. Williams collection
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Williams, Harrison A., Jr., 1919-2001
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Rutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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1964
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Photograph, Harrison Williams receives a petition from the Princeton, NJ, area in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Crossroads: Harrison A. Williams, Jr. and Great Society Liberalism, 1959-1981
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box 312, folder 106; MC 002
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Crossroads: Harrison A. Williams, Jr. and Great Society Liberalism, 1959-1981
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Special Collections and University University Archives Gallery and Gallery '50
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2009-01-29
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New Jersey Civil Rights Activism
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In the months leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Williams received messages from his New Jersey constituents, either supporting or opposing the bill. Over 1,000 people signed this petition favoring the civil rights bill.
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