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Ray (Margaret Whitton) Papers Edit

Summary

Identifier
MS0131
Description Rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of Description
Finding aid written in English.

Dates

  • 1972 – 1974 (Creation)

Extents

  • 0.3 Linear Feet (Whole)

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  • Abstract

    Papers of the chair of the Citizens Advisory Group (CAG), formed in 1973 to develop pupil assignment guidelines for integrating Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools. Includes clippings, correspondence, findings and recommendations, reports, worksheets, notes, the CAG plan for pupil reassignment, and the joint proposal for school assignment that was ultimately approved.

  • Biographical / Historical

    The Citizens Advisory Group (CAG) was formed by Margaret Ray in November, 1973 to develop pupil assignment guidelines for integrating Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools as an alternative to the more conservative integration plan proposed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg school administrators.

    The group's 25 members were selected by their school "feeder area" or civic organization to speak to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education concerning their views on pupil assignment. Organizing itself into an advisory group to the Board of Education and its staff, CAG adopted a set of guidelines, which were presented to the U.S. District Court in May, 1974. A compromise of the CAG and School Board plans was eventually accepted by U.S. District Court Judge James B. McMillan, who oversaw Charlotte-Mecklenburg school integration following the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Ray is married to lawyer and former Mecklenburg County commissioner W. Thomas Ray.

  • Scope and Contents

    This collection includes materials documenting Ray's tenure as chair of the Citizens Advisory Group, and is comprised of clippings; correspondence; findings and recommendations; reports; worksheets; notes; the CAG plan for pupil reassignment; and the joint proposal for school assignment that was ultimately approved.

  • Available Online

    A portion of Margaret Whitton Ray papers documenting the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education have been digitized and can be found at: http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll2

  • Arrangement

    The Margaret Whitton Ray Papers are organized into a single alphabetical folder title series.

  • Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Margaret Ray, 1986.

  • Conditions Governing Access

    Collection is open for research.

  • Conditions Governing Use

    Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

  • Preferred Citation

    Margaret Whitton Ray Papers. J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

  • Related Materials

    Julius L. Chambers Papers, 1902-1989 (UNCC Manuscript 85); Reginald A. Hawkins Papers, 1954-1995 (UNCC Manuscript 125); Benjamin S. Horack Papers, 1952-1971 (UNCC Manuscript 42); W. Thomas Ray Papers, 1971-1986 (UNCC Manuscript 104); William Waggoner Papers, 1968-1971 (UNCC Manuscript 221)

  • Processing Information

    Updated by: Rita Johnston, October 2014.

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