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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
William H. Hannon Library, Archives & Special Collections, Manuscripts
Title: Robert Singleton Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.136
Physical Description:
5.0 Linear Feet
11 document boxes
Date (inclusive): 1960-2016
Abstract: This collection spans Dr. Singletons work and activism with a bulk of the materials from the 1960s and 1970s. It is comprised
largely of documents but also includes flyers, correspondence, and publications.
[Identification of item], Series number, Box and Folder number, Robert Singleton Papers, MS 136, Department of Archives and
Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise,
Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher
must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility
for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or
executors.
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount
University.
This collection has been divided into eight series based on different aspects of Dr. Singleton's life and career. They include:
CORE/ NAACP activities (which include the Freedom Rides), UCLA's Institute of Industrial Relations, the Western Student Movement,
the Office of Assembly Research, UCLA's Bunche Center, the Angela Davis controversy, the Education Finance Reform Project,
and miscellaneous material.
Dr. Robert Singleton studied at the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1960s, earning a Bachelor’s degree in International
Relations, a Master’s degree in International Economics, and a Ph.D. in Urban and Labor Economics. During his time as a student,
Singleton served as president of the school’s chapter of NAACP where he organized sit-ins at stores with discriminatory practices
as well as investigating other forms of discrimination on or around campus. Singleton continued his activist work by joining
the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, that initiated the Freedom Rides of 1961. As a result of his participation in the
Freedom Rides, Singleton was arrested and sent to Parchman Penitentiary along with his wife Helen Singleton, a fellow Freedom
Rider.
Dr. Singleton joined the staff of UCLA, working as faculty in the Graduate School of Management as well as Chief Researcher
for the Institute of Industrial Relations. He also went on to serve as Founding Director of the Center for African-American
Studies, now the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. During this time, Singleton also became involved in
the Angela Davis Defense Committee, supporting fellow faculty member Angela Davis after her firing due to her membership in
the Communist Party. Singleton also worked for the U.S. Department of Labor as well as the California Assembly Office of Research
and was Founding Director of the Education Finance Reform Project. His latest position is that of faculty in the Economics
department of Loyola Marymount University where he has been since 1982.
This collection is comprised of documents, newsletters, flyers, correspondence, and publications related to Dr. Singleton's
involvement with CORE/NAACP, UCLA's Institute of Industrial Relations, the Western Student Movement, the Office of Assembly
Research, UCLA's Bunche Center, the Angela Davis controversy, and the Education Finance Reform Project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Robert Singleton. Accession number: 2018.13.
Records related to Dr. Singleton's work as a Professor of Economics at Loyola Marymount University are housed in the University
Archives. Please contact special.collections@lmu.edu for more information.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil rights movements
Freedom Rides, 1961
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Industrial Relations
Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA