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Title: Benjamin F.
Holman
papers
Date (inclusive): 1966-1977
Collection Number: 85032
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
13 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope
(5.5 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Holman
, Benjamin F., 1930-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1985.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Benjamin F.
Holman
papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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 |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil rights -- United States
Minorities -- United States
Indians of North America
United States -- Race relations
African Americans
School integration -- United States
Hispanic Americans
United States. Department of Justice
United States. Community Relations Service