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Norman Thomas

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StorylineThe University's Human Relations Institutes, 1927–19451927–1945 · 3 events · A weeklong institute in March 1927, arranged by Harry F. Comer of the YMCA, brought James Weldon Johnson, executive secretary of the NAACP, and other speakers on race, labor and world affairs to the University. History chair J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton walked out when Howard Odum introduced Johnson as 'Mister Johnson' and protested to Chase, while a Tar Heel editorial welcomed the visit. The third quadrennial Human Relations Institute, in 1935, brought a week of lectures on government, industry, race and religion, and the Weekly called it a great success. Comer's 1945 institute took the theme 'The Prices of Peace,' with Senator J. William Fulbright giving the Weil lectures on America and world organization.

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  1. University holds its third Human Relations Institute The University's third quadrennial Human Relations Institute brought a week of lectures and seminars on government, industry, race and religion to Memorial Hall, with speakers including James M. Landis of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Congressman Hamilton Fish, textile manufacturer Donald Comer, Sanford Bates of the federal prisons bureau, Everett Dean Martin and Norman Thomas. The Weekly reported large audiences of students, faculty, townspeople and visitors and called the Institute a great success. People: Norman Thomas Place: Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Also named: James M. Landis, Hamilton Fish, Donald Comer, Sanford Bates, Everett Dean MartinSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 5, 1935, p. 1
  2. Norman Thomas speaks against universal military training in Memorial Hall Socialist Party leader Norman Thomas spoke against universal military training to a large audience of students and townspeople in Memorial Hall on his fourth visit to the university under the Carolina Political Union. Place: Memorial Hall, UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), February 12, 1948, p. 8

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William Ruthrauff Amberson papers, 1919-1968; 1971

Amberson, William Ruthrauff, 1894- · 1915

William Ruthrauff Amberson, born 1894, left papers spanning 1919 to 1968 with a small run from 1971. The papers concern the University of Tennessee at Memphis and southern farm politics: the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, the Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Plantation in Mississippi, the Socialist Party, and figures such as Norman Thomas, Howard Kester and Pauli Murray. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3862.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968.

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  • Memorial Hall University buildings and grounds · Chapel Hill · 1 event here

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