Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, reports, legal case files, printed material, and other papers relating to the work of the center and its director, William L. Taylor, in the surveillance of federal agencies for compliance with federal laws against discrimination, review of federal legislation and agency regulations, participation in lawsuits challenging infringements of civil rights, and dissemination of information to the public regarding the status of laws and government actions affecting equal rights of minorities and the poor. Topics include discrimination in education, employment, and housing; civil rights enforcement by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Dept. of Justice, and federal court system; the program in advocacy law at Columbus School of Law; and the center's cooperation with other civil rights organizations including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Legal case files pertain chiefly to school integration and include Bradley v. Richmond School Board (Va.), Evans v. Buchanan (Wilmington, Del.), Haycraft v. Jefferson County Board of Education (Louisville, Ky.), Liddell v. Board of Education of the City of St. Louis (Mo.), and U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners of Indianapolis (Ind.).