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Title: Benjamin F. Holman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1966-1977
Collection number: 85032
Creator:
Holman, Benjamin F., 1930-
Collection Size: 13 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope(5.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, racial incident case reports, other reports, pamphlets, press
releases, and clippings, relating to desegregation of schools and other facilities in the
U.S.; racial or ethnic friction involving black, Hispanic, American Indian and other
minority communities; and efforts of the Community Relations Service to resolve such
situations.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Benjamin F. Holman papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1985.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
United States--Race relations.
Minorities--United States.
Afro-Americans.
Hispanic Americans.
Indians of North America.
Education.
United States--Politics and government.
United States. Community Relations Service.
Civil rights--United States.
United States. Dept. of Justice.
School integration--United States.
| 1930, December 18 | Born, Columbia, South Carolina |
| 1948-1950 | Student, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania |
| 1952 | B.S., University of Kansas |
| 1954-1957 | Postgraduate work at University of Chicago, Illinois |
| 1952-1962 | Reporter, Chicago Daily News |
| 1962-1963 | Commentator, WBBM-TV, Chicago |
| 1963-1965 | Reporter, assignment editor, CBS News, New York City |
| 1965-1968 | Assistant director for media relations, Community Relations Service, United States Department of Justice, Washington |
| 1969-1977 | Director, Community Relations Service |
| 1968-1969 | Producer, NBC News |
| 1978- | Professor of journalism, University of Maryland |