Gladys Noel Bates Papers (T/004)

Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Gladys Noel Bates Papers (T/004).
Creator/Collector: Gladys Noel Bates; and others.
Date(s): 1947-1998.
Size: 1.37 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: Tougaloo College staff; MDAH staff, 2005.
Provenance: Loan of Tougaloo College of Madison County, MS, in 2004.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research. VCR copies in box 5 must be viewed in the media room.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to Tougaloo College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to MDAH Reference Services, Attention: Tougaloo College Civil Rights Collection. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Tougaloo College as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Gladys Noel Bates Papers (T/004), Tougaloo College Civil Rights Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

Biography:

Gladys Noel Bates

Gladys Noel Bates was born March 26, 1920, in McComb, Pike County, Mississippi, the fourth of five children of Andrew Jackson and Susan Nallie Noel. Andrew Jackson Noel was a railway postal clerk who traveled extensively throughout the country. In 1924, he chose Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, as a permanent home for his family. He became very active in the Jackson chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Gladys Noel completed her elementary education in the public schools of Jackson, Mississippi, and attended Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical High School in Lorman, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Alcorn was the only black school in the area that offered a curriculum in business administration, a course of study her father had wished for her to follow. In September 1938, she married John Milton Bates of West Virginia, a football coach at Alcorn. They had two children, Katherine Sue Bates Gavin and John Milton Bates, Jr.

After their marriage, John and Gladys Bates spent one year in West Virginia, then returned to Mississippi when John Bates took a job at Lanier High School in Jackson. Gladys Bates enrolled at Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Madison County, Mississippi, and received her bachelor’s degree from that school in 1942. The couple settled in Jackson, Mississippi, with John Bates teaching vocational courses at Lanier High School and Gladys Bates teaching science at the Smith Robertson Junior High School. They became active in many community organizations, particularly the Voters League, the Jackson chapter of the NAACP, the Jackson Teachers Association and the Mississippi Teachers Association. In 1947 the Mississippi Teachers Association invited Thurgood Marshall, chief counsel for the NAACP, to Jackson, Mississippi, to discuss the problems of equalization of teachers’ pay. Marshall advised the Mississippi teachers to secure the necessary funds to pursue legal action to obtain equal pay for black and white teachers. Gladys Bates had paid close attention to the issue of equalization of teacher’s pay.

On March 4, 1948, Gladys Noel Bates filed suit in the United States District Court charging that the Jackson Municipal Separate School District had denied her and other black teachers’ and administrators’ salaries equal to those of whites with similar education and experience. Mrs. Bates and her husband were immediately fired for this action. She had been encouraged to pursue this course of action by her father, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys, Constance Baker Motley and Robert Carter represented her, while James A. Burns of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, served as her local attorney.

The case lasted for nearly three years before a final judgment was made. In order to remove the possibility that the case be declared moot as a result of Mrs. Bates’ non-teacher status, Richard Jess Brown, a teacher at Lanier High School, filed a motion as an intervener in May 1949. He too was fired at the end of the 1949 school year. Gladys Bates and Jess Brown lost their case when Judge Sidney Mize ruled that they had not exhausted all of the administrative remedies before bringing the case to court. Judge Mize’s decision was upheld on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. The United States Supreme Court refused to hear the case.

John and Gladys Bates found life difficult as the case was winding its way through the courts. Gladys Bates initially found work as a part-time secretary for Ruby Stutts Lyells at the Young Women’s Christian Association. Her husband found work in a box factory. After the intervention of Robert Carter, the NAACP attorney, Gladys Bates was employed at the Mississippi Teachers Association as the assistant executive secretary and the editor of the Mississippi Educational Journal. John Bates was hired as the dean of Campbell College in Jackson, Mississippi. During this same period, Gladys Bates earned her master’s degree from West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.

In 1960, John and Gladys Bates moved to Denver, Colorado, where her brothers had established a medical clinic. The Bateses were hired as teachers in the Denver school system. Mrs. Bates became very active in her profession; she developed programs for increased parental involvement in the schools, she assisted in writing an African American history syllabus, and she provided leadership in the establishment of a Human Rights Commission in the local and state education associations. She retired from education in 1979.

Gladys Noel Bates has continued working in many different areas since her retirement. She has served as a trustee for Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi, and as the President of the Tougaloo College Alumni Association. She was also co-chairperson of the Denver Links Community Service Project, a service for unwed mothers, and she has been a strong supporter of her community, taking an active part in the war on drugs and urban blight. Mrs. Bates continues to live in Denver, Colorado.

Scope and Content Note:

This collection consists of scrapbooks, a photograph, news clippings, a transcript of an oral history interview, a court brief from the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and film.

Series Identification:

Series 1: Scrapbooks. 1948-1960.
Two different individuals compiled the scrapbooks. The first one contains materials collected by Mrs. Bates during the period when her lawsuit was started. Included among the materials are official letters between her and school officials, congratulatory letters, and correspondence regarding her work with the Mississippi Teachers Association. Newsclippings are interspersed with the letters. The second scrapbook contains correspondence and materials collected by Gladys Bates’s father, Andrew Jackson Noel. The correspondence is addressed to him in his capacity as an officer of the Jackson Branch of the NAACP, with the majority being from James A. Burns of Meridian, Mississippi. There are also a number of letters from Robert Carter of the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP. The correspondence in the second scrapbook is arranged as a chronological record of the legal case from the first filing to the final decision of the United States Supreme Court.

Box 1
Box 2

Series 2: Photograph. 1979.
The photograph was taken in February 1979 in Denver, Colorado, at the home of Gladys and John Bates at a gathering of the Tougaloo Alumni. Shown in the photograph are: Miss Rosa V. Brown, Mrs. Annie E. Harris, Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates, Dr. Rosa Page Welch, and Mr. John Bates.

Box 3, folder 1

Series 3: Newsclippings. 1943-1949, 1981.
The newsclippings are a scattered group of eight items dated 1943-1949, and 1981. The early ones are mostly from Mississippi newspapers on the subject of equalization of teacher pay while the 1981 clipping records a visit by Mrs. Bates to Jackson during which she was interviewed by the Jackson Advocate.

Box 1, folder 1
Box 3, folder 2

Series 4: Oral History Transcript. 1996.
The oral history interview was conducted by Catherine Jannik of the University of Southern Mississippi as a part of its Civil Rights Oral History Program. Jannik interviewed Mrs. Bates at her home in Denver, Colorado, in June 1996. The oral history staff transcribed the interview and a copy was placed with the collection.

Box 3, folder 3

Series 5: Court Case Transcript. 1950.
The court brief is from the case of Gladys Noel Bates and R. Jess Brown, Appellants v. John C. Batte, et. al. It covers the case as it was appealed in 1950 to the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans.

Box 3, folder 4

Series 6: Film. 1981.
The filmed discussion of salary equalization was recorded at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, in 1981. The participants in the discussion were Mrs. Bates, Mr. N. R. Burger, Mr. Wayne F. Calbert, and Mr. A. L. Johnson. All of the men had been presidents of the Mississippi Teachers Association at various times.

Box 4: Videocassettes (restricted)
Box 5: VHS

Inventory

Box	Folder	Item/Page	Description
1	1	1	Fighter for Black teachers returns, article from the Jackson Advocate, October 1981
1	1	2	Photocopy of above article
1	2	1	Scrapbook presented by Gladys Noel Bates containing items related to her lawsuit for equal teacher pay
1	2	2	Headline from Jackson Daily News, 22 Dec 1948: Refuse to dismiss Negro pay suit
1	2	3	Letter from Jno. Batte to Gladys N. Bates regarding teacher pay contract
1	2	4	Four articles relating to backlash from the firing of Ms. Bates for filing a law suit related to equal pay
1	2	5	Four articles related to equal pay law suit
1	2	6	An article on the costs of equal pay, Clarion Ledger 22 Feb 1950.
1	2	7	Three articles: one featuring a testimonial dinner for Ms. Bates and a second on dismissal of the law suit
1	2	8	Article: Letter seeks dismissal of Mrs. Bates after she files suit in U.S. Court
1	2	9	Four articles related to equal pay law suit (4 Feb 1950)
1	2	10	Two articles: one on equal pay legislation; one on “The New Negro,” (Daily News 19 Jan 1950)
1	2	11	Headline: Negro teachers president declines Ku Klux demand, 25 March 1950.
1	2	12	Two articles on equal educational facilities in Madison County
1	2	13	Three articles: Gov. Wright to name interracial group for aiding Negroes, and two others related to law suit
1	2	14	Three articles related to law suit; one article describing a fire at the home of Prof. And Mrs. Bates
1	2	15	Articles related to teacher pay suit
1	2	16	Headline: Decision is deferred in teacher pay suit, The Clarion Ledger 15 Dec 1949.
1	2	17	Headline: City fights suit for equal pay to Negro teachers, 5 May 1948.
1	2	18	Headline: Local teachers action may hasten passage of salary equalization bill now before state legislature.
1	2	19	Headline: Teachers sit in silence as governor speaks, Jackson Advocate, 2 April 1949.
1	2	20	Text of Gov. Wright’s speech to Negro teachers, April 1949
1	2	21	Headline: Teacher files suit for equal salary, NAACP Bulletin, March 1948.
1	2	22	Headline: Negro school teachers should never forget two people, Jackson Advocate 10 June 1950.
1	2	23	Headline: Federal judge overrules motion to dismiss equal teachers salary suit; Low cost Negro housing
1	2	24	Headline: Our disgraceful Negro schools
1	2	25	Headline: NAACP sets plan to demand equal pay in counties
1	2	26	Headline: Teachers by-pass salary equalization and other vital issues at meeting here last week, Meeting marred by threat to president by Klan leaders.
1	2	27	Headline: Batte tells federal court lower Negro teacher pay based on” value received.”
1	2	28	Headline: City Negro school teacher plans to appeal equal pay suit to U.S. supreme Court, 28 April 1951.
1	2	29	Two articles on equal salary plans
1	2	30	Headline: Negro teachers cast vast majority of their vote against proposed equal salary plan
1	2	31	Four articles on equal pay for white and Negro teachers
1	2	32	Three articles on equal teacher pay
1	2	33	Headline: Bates Case Still in court – Lawyers Say
1	2	34	Two headlines: Mrs. Gladys Bates loses teachers salary equalization case, U. S. supreme court refuses action on appeal; Ole Miss asked to ban student editor who dared to urge Negro admission.
1	2	35	Headline: Testimonial dinner honors Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates
1	2	36	Headline: Mrs. Gladys Noel Bates and husband denied further teacher jobs in city school system
1	2	37	Headline: Negro teacher loses pay suit: Gladys Bates teacher pay suit dismissed by federal judge Sidney Mize; rules that all methods of adjustment were not used
1	2	38	Two articles on Gov. Wright’s address to Miss. Assoc. of Teachers in Colored Schools
1	2	39	Headline from Jackson Daily News, 17 May 1954: Sillers says, “Abolish Public Schools;” Will not obey Supreme Court – Eastland; End of segregation in schools not final until later hearings.
1	2	40	Two articles related to Supreme Court decision that the “separate but equal” doctrine was unconstitutional.
1	2	41	Four articles on teacher pay suit and Negro education in Jackson, MS.
1	2	42	Two articles on teacher pay.
1	2	43	Three articles on salary equalization and photo from Jet of Constance Motley, newest Negro federal judge.
1	2	44	Two articles: one on fair deal for Negro schools, second on pay gap getting smaller.
1	2	45	Three articles on teacher salaries
1	2	46	Two articles on white vs Negro teacher salaries
1	2	47	Two articles: One by Hodding Carter in support of Albin Krebs; a second entitled, “Students warned by Hawkins about wild rumors concerning recent decision of school desegregation.”
1	2	48	Letter from Jackson Branch of the NAACP, 20 April 1954
1	2	49	Three sketches concerning Negro views on school integration
1	2	50	Two articles on equal pay for teachers
1	2	51	Letter to Gladys N. Bates, April 1948.
1	2	52	Letter from Bayard Rustin to Gladys N. Bates, 12 March 1948.
1	2	53	Letter of support to Gladys Bates from the Gamma Psi chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority at Tougaloo College, 12 Oct 1948
1	2	54	Article entitled “Disintegration from Within”
1	2	55	Letter from Gladys Bates thanking the Citizens Committee for the testimonial dinner held in her honor, 30 Aug 1948.
1	2	56	Four articles related to equal pay issue
1	2	57	A telegram and a letter of support from teacher groups in Warren and Alcorn counties (1948 and 1950)
1	2	58	Letter from Betha Tolbert Love to Gladys Bates in support of her efforts to improve teachers’ pay, 19 March 1951
1	2	59	Letter to Mr. John Bates from the Farish Street Branch of the YMCA in which $45 was enclosed to partially repair damage caused by the fire to their home, 24 Feb 1948.
1	2	60	Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. ED Lindsay to Mr. and Mrs. Bates in support of their actions, 3 Feb 1948.
1	2	61	Letter, including a reference to an article in the New York Times to Gladys Bates from Roth Francis, Brooklyn, NY, 8 Mar 1948
1	2	62 - 64	A two page letter from LF Palmer describing her similar efforts to achieve equal pay for Negro teachers in Virginia, and a one page response by Gladys Bates, 11 May 1948
1	2	65	blank page
1	2	66 -69	Letter to GN Bates from Ethylene Lewis, April 9, 1948
1	2	70	Two articles related to equal pay suit
1	2	71	Letter to GN Bates from Charles Cooper, April 5, 1948
1	2	72 - 73	Letter to GN Bates from Janos Foldi, April 8, 1948. N.B. first page original; second page photocopy.
1	2	74	Letter to GN Bates from Mississippi Teachers Association, no date
1	2	75	Letter to NR Burger, principal Royal Street High School, from E.S. Bishop, 15 May 1956
1	2	76 - 77	Letter to Wayne F. Calbert from Gladys Bates (GB) concerning an article about school integration, 13 June 1956
1	2	78	Letter to GN Bates from WF Calbert, noting receipt of her letter of resignation as editor of Journal of the Mississippi Teacher's Association, 23 July 1960.
1	2	79	Letter to GN Bates from CV Berry, 24 March 1948
1	2	80	Two telegrams to GN Bates: one from Paul J Weston, the other from LE Bynum, 1948
1	2	81	Letter to GN Bates from Robert Lewis, 16 July 1960 regarding her resignation and move from Mississippi.
1	2	82	Letter to GN Bates from Mrs. J. C. Mims in support of her suit for equal pay, 16 May, 1948
1	2	83	Letter from the Mississippi Dept. of Education to Mr. and Mrs. Bates on the loss of their home following a fire, 20 February, 1948; an article related to the law suit.
1	2	84 -85	Letter to GN Bates from Herbert G Anderson, April 1948
1	2	86	Letter to GN Bates from Erale de la Rosa of Cleveland, OH, April 1948
1	2	87	Blank page
1	2	88 -91	A four page letter to GN Bates from Mr. Willie Jones, 2 April 1948
1	2	92	Blank page
1	2	93	Letter to GN Bates from Leola Hollins Turner, 26 March, 1948
1	2	94	Letter to GN Bates from unknown writer, Mar4ch 1948
1	2	95	Letter to GN Bates from Clarence Harper, May 1948
1	2	96 - 99	4 page letter to GN Bates from Cpl. Gentry Wingfield Newell, 28 August 1948
1	2	100	Letter to GN Bates from W. Milan Davis, 4 March 1949, inviting her to speak on the progress of her law suit regarding equalization of salaries.
1	2	101	Letter to GN Bates from L Young, 5 April 1948; postcard to GN Bates from (name unclear), 24 June, 1948.
1	2	102 - 103	Two page letter to GN Bates from Clarence Raymond Williams, 15 April 1948
1	2	104	Letter to GN Bates from E. W. Banks, president Jackson YMCA, in support of her stand on pay equalization, 17 March, 1948
1	2	105	Letter to GN Bates from Jake Howard, Greenville, GA, 29 March 1948.
1	2	106	Article on White vs Black teacher salaries in Mississippi.
			BOX 2 CONTAINS TWO ITEMS (1) A BINDER CONTAINING A 10 PAGE PROFILE OF GN BATES AND APPROXIMATELY 75 ARTICLES AND LETTERS RELATED TO THE LAW SUIT AND (2) FOLDERS CONTAINING HONORARY PROGRAMS.
2	1	1-10	Profile of Gladys Noel Bates including narrative of her equal pay law suit
2	1	11	Two articles, one related to lawsuit, the other an obit for W. L Slaughter
2	1	12	Photo of several individuals including Thurgood Marshall
2	1	13	Photocopy of the first page of the lawsuit between GN Bates and RJ Brown vs JC Batte et al. (Jackson Separate School District)
2	1	14	Articles related to lawsuit
2	1	15	Photograph of the NAACP 45th Annual Convention Staff, 1954
2	1	16	Article: Up and Down Farish Street, Jackson Advocate June 4 - 10, 1981.
2	1	17	Article: Strong leadership prevailed in…, Jackson Advocate 27 Feb - 4 Mar, 1992.
2	1	18	Article: '49 Jackson Branch NAACP
2	1	19	Article: Brown, Hall paved the way for others
2	1	20	Article: City fights suit for equal pay to Negro teachers
2	1	21	Letter to Mr. A. J. Noel from A. L. Johnson, president Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (MATCS), 22 December 1947
2	1	22	Letter to Mr. A. J. Noel from A. L. Johnson, president Mississippi Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, 14 January 1948
2	1	23	Letter to Andrew J Noel from James A Burns, attorney-at-law, 16 January 1948
2	1	24	Letter to GN Bates from Rev. W. A. Bender, 23 January 1948 providing details of how she would be supported if fired from her teaching position in Jackson
2	1	25	Letter to A. J. Noel from A. L. Johnson, 23 January 1948
2	1	26	Letter to A. J. Noel from J. A. Burns, 24 January 1948
2	1	27	Letter from A. L. Johnson to Edward R. Dudley stating that JA Burns has been appointed to represent the NAACP, 30 January 1948.
2	1	28	Letter from JA Burns to AJ Noel that describes the first steps in the equal pay law suit, 4 February 1948.
2	1	29	Letter to Rev. WA Bender, president of the Jackson Branch of the NAACP, from Robert L. Carter, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, undated.
2	1	30	Letter to AJ Noel from JA Burns, 17 February 1948 related to law suit.
2	1	31	Letter to AJ Noel from JA Burns, 27 February 1948 related to law suit.
2	1	32	Letter to AJ Noel from JA Burns, 1 March 1948 related to filing of the law suit.
2	1	33	Letter to JA Burns from AL Johnson, president of MATCS, 23 February 1948 concerning a petition asking for equal educational facilities in Negro schools.
2	1	34	Letter to AJ Noel from JA Burns, 6 March 1948, concerning progress of the pending law suit.
2	1	35	Letter to AJ Noel from JA Burns, 24 March 1948, requesting payment of the remainder of his fee following filing of the law suit.
2	1	36	Letter to GN Bates from JA Burns, 4 June 1948, concerning progress of the law suit.
2	1	37	Letter to AJ Noel from AP Tureaud, 22 July 1948, acknowledging receipt of transportation funds.
2	1	38	Letter to AJ Noel from RL Carter, 21 August 1952.
2	1	39	Letter to AJ Noel from JA Burns, 22 December 1948 describing the impact this law suit has had in increasing Negro teacher salaries within the state.
2	1	40	Letter to AJ Noel from JA Burns, 26 January 1949, regarding the impact of the law suit within Mississippi.
2	1	41	Letter to GN Bates from JA Burns, 18 February 1949, regarding progress of the law suit.
2	1	42	Article: "Time to even up scale," regarding teacher pay.
2	1	43	Letter to GN Bates from JA Burns, 17 March 1949, informing her of an article in the Memphis Commercial Appeal concerning progress of her law suit.
2	1	44	Letter to GN Bates from JA Burns, 11 March 1949 concerning status of her law suit.
2	1	45 – 47	Three page letter to Mr. Robert J. Carter from JA Burns, 24 March 1949, concerning securing an intervener in the Bates law suit.
2	1	48	Letter to Mr. A. L. Johnson from Robert L. Carter, 21 March 1949, concerning finding an intervener in the Bates law suit.
2	1	49	Letter to AJ Noel from Robert L Carter, 8 November 1949, concerning Bates law suit.
2	1	50	Two page letter to AJ Noel from Robert L Carter, 1 December 1949, concerning re-imbursement for past expenses and information about the upcoming 19 December trial date.
2	1	51	Letter to AL Johnson from Robert L Carter, 4 April 1949, concerning an intervener in the law suit.
2	1	52	Twp page letter to Mr. AL Johnson from RL Carter, 19 April 1949, concerning finding suitable employment for Mrs. GN Bates following the loss of her teaching position with the Jackson School district.
2	1	53	Letter to Mr. AJ Noel from JA Burns, 5 May 1949, asking about plans to secure an intervener.
2	1	54	Letter to Mrs. GN Bates from JA Burns, 8 June 1949, notifying Mrs. Bates that the law suit will be heard during the upcoming November term.
2	1	55	Letter to Mr. AJ Noel from JA Burns, 4 October 1949, concerning trial preparation.
2	1	56	Letter to Rev. WA Bender, president of the Jackson Branch of the NAACP from Robert L. Carter, NAACP Asst. Special Counsel, 21 October 1949, concerning the taking of depositions from members of the Jackson School Board.
2	1	57	Letter to GN Bates from JA Burns, 19 October 1949, concerning trial progress.
2	1	58	Two page letter to Mr. AJ Noel from RL Carter, 4 December 1949, concerning trial costs.
2	1	59	Letter to AJ Noel from RL Carter, 26 January 1950, concerning expense reimbursement.
2	1	60	Letter to AJ Noel from Princene Hutcherson, secretary to RL Carter, 5 January 1959, concerning expense reimbursement.
2	1	61	Letter to AJ Noel from AL Johnson, 6 April 1960, concerning support for Mr. Brown.
2	1	62	Letter to AJ Noel from RL Carter, 27 March 1950, informing Mr. Noel that papers for the appeal of the law suit have been filed.
2	1	63	Letter to Mr. JA Burns from RL Carter, 2 May 1950, explaining that Mr. Marshall’s name will appear as counsel in the appeal because he is a member of the 5^th Circuit court of Appeals.
2	1	64	Letter to AJ Noel from JA Burns, 1 May 1950, concerning filing the appeal with the 5^th Circuit Court.
2	1	65	Letter to Mr. AA Alexander, President of MATCS, from Mrs. GN Bates, 30 May 1950, accepting employment with MATCS.
2	1	66	Letter to Mr. Richard Jess Brown from RL Carter, 26 May 1950, concerning the termination of Mr. Brown’s employment by the Jackson School district.
2	1	67	Letter to Prof. AA Alexander from Thurgood Marshall, Special Counsel, 14 July 1950, concerning the Bates appeal.
2	1	68	Letter to Rev. WA Bender from AA Alexander, 19 June 1950, concerning reimbursement for appeal expenses.
2	1	69	Letter to AJ Noel from Princene Hutcherson, 18 July 1950, receipt for reimbursement.
2	1	70	Letter to AJ Noel from RL Carter, 12 December 1950, informing Mr. Noel that the appeal of the Bates law suit is set for 24 January, 1951.
2	1	71	Letter to AJ Noel from RL Carter, 16 January 1951, concerning expenses for the appeal hearing.
2	1	72 - 73	A three page letter to Rev. WA Bender from RL Carter, 30 January, 1951, concerning the appeal hearing and possible actions to follow.
2	1	74	Letter to AJ Noel from RL Carter, 8 February 1951, receipt for expenses associated with New Orleans trip.
2	1	75	Letter to AA Alexander from RL Carter, 8 April 1951, concerning whether or not to appeal the Bates case to the US Supreme Court.
2	1	76	Letter to AJ Noel from RL Carter, 24 May 1951, concerning the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari in the US Supreme Court.
2	1	77	Letter to Mrs. GN Bates from RL Carter, 10 October 1951, informing Mrs. Bates that the Supreme Court denied our petition for writ of certiorari and that the next step would be to take their case to School Board of Jackson and the County and State Boards of education.
2	1	78	Letter to GN Bates from RL Carter, 8 August 1952, concerning a collateral agreement related to the suit.
2	2	1	Photo of several individuals including Mrs. John Bates dated 11 February 1979.
2	2	2	YW-YMCA Religious Emphasis Program
2	2	3	Alcorn State University Alumni Association - 5^th Annual Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony, 14 May 1994
2	2	4	Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks: 2004 Honorees – Women History Award Recipients.
2	2	5	Fourth Annual Black Women’s Political Action Forum, 1-2 February 1991: Address by Gladys Noel Bates, activist, retired teacher Denver Public Schools.
2	2	6	Phenomenally She: Mississippi African American Women Extraordinaire - 1^st Annual Award Event, 23 June 2006. Note the page with GB Bates’ name, photo, and bio has been removed.
3	1	1	Photo of a young Gladys Bates
3	1	2	Photo of Gladys Noel Bates, circa 1990
3	1	3	Newspaper clipping, Jackson Advocate, March 4, 1993; Park Hill Newsletter May-June 2002; Denver Post April 26, 2002
3	1	4	Photo of Jackson chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
3	1	5	Magazine photo of charter members of The Links, Inc. November 21, 1959
3	1	6	Program for the 50^th Anniversary of The Links, Inc., 22 November 2009
3	2	1	Newspaper clipping, “Program of equal pay for teachers still has to meet approval of Gov’s group, state’s teachers & legislature,” Enterprise 20 Aug 1949.
3	2	2	Newspaper clipping, “Twenty meetings over state set for teachers to voice opinions on equalization of Negro, White teacher salaries,” 10 Sept 1949
3	2	3	Copies of articles from The Times Picayune (8 July 1948) and Clarion Ledger (18 March 1949) related to the law suit for equal pay for teachers.
3	2	4	Copy of article, “M.A.T. in colored schools for equalization of pay for teachers in system,” Jackson Advocate 6 March 1943. Q. Is this date correct?
3	2	5	Copy of article, “Nation-wide interest seen by Dr. Rochelle in survey,” undated.
3	3	1	Cain
3	4	1	Court Case Transcripts, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 13215. Bates and Brown v Batte, Hederman, Naef, Newman, McCain, and Walker for the Board of Trustees of Jackson Separate School District and Superintendent of Jackson Separate Schools, by JA Burns, T Marshall, CN Motley, RL Carter, June 1, 1950
3	5	1	Transcript of speech by Gladys N Bates, undated.
3	5	2	Text by Gladys N Bates entitled, “The Community in which I Live,” written in 1949.
3	5	3	Flyer from the 113^th annual convention of the National Education Association, announcing the awarding of its H. Council Trenholm Award for promoting equal opportunity in the teaching profession to Gladys N Bates, 3-6 Julyu1975.
3	5	4	Address delivered at the Black Women’s Political Action forum, 1 Feb 1991, Jackson, MS
3	5	5	Speech given to Mississippi Teacher’s Association, Jackson, MS, 1968. Note: date uncertain.
3	5	6	These are two documents which may represent a draft and final version of a speech given at Tougaloo College 21 November 1992 on the occasion of her 50^th Class Reunion.
3	6	1	Program, Gamma Psi chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Founders’ Day Observance, 29 January 1950
3	6	2	National Alumni Association of Tougaloo Southern Christian College, Senior Induction Ceremony, 27 May 1956
3	6	3	Homecoming Program, Tougaloo vs Alcorn, 8 Nov 1941
3	6	4	Article, “Bates to speak at Tougaloo Alumni banquet,” from Tougaloo College publication, spring 1992.
3	6	5	Tougaloo Alumni Bulletin, Summer 1956 displaying an article and photos of Gladys N Bates, president.
3	6	6	Tougaloo Alumni Bulletin, July 1968
3	6	7	Torn page of Tougaloo Alumni Bulletin, undated
3	7	1	NEA certificate attesting to the fact that Gladys Bates has completed all requirements fo the National School for Teacher Salary Scheduling, 8-11 October, 1958.
3	7	2	Certificate of Merit to Gladys Noel Bates for outstanding service to Mississippi in the field of Human Relations, undated.
3	8	1	Letter to Gladys Bates from Delmer Stamps, President JPS Board of Trustees regarding naming of an elementary school in South Jackson in her honor, 5 December 2008.
3	8	2	Letter to Cleo (Thompson?) from Gladys Bates, 6 January 1973
3	8	3	Memo from Dr. Cleopatra D. Thompson to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bates, 22 December, 1972.
3	8	4	Letter to “Folks” from “Bunky.”
3	8	5	Letter to Gladys Bates from Ernestine Holloway, chair of alumni banquet, 9 May 1966
3	8	6	Two copies of a Letter to Gladys Bates from Adib Shakir, President of Tougaloo College, 28 May 1992, thanking her for being the keynote speaker at the annual Alumni Banquet and Dance.
3	8	7	Letter to Gladys Bates from Michelle Kourouma, executive director of the National Conference of Black Mayors, 6 February 2002 regarding receipt of the President’s Award.
3	8	8	Letter to Gladys Noel Bates from Wellington E Webb, President of the Natl. Conf. Of Black Mayors, 14 January 2002, stating that the NCBM would like to honor her with the President’s Award on 26 April, 2002.
3	8	9	Letter to Gladys Bates from Constance Baker Motley regarding materials related to the teacher’s salary case in Mississippi in 1949, 11 December 1995.
3	8	10	Letter to Gladys Noel Bates from Townsend Davis, 27 February 1996, thanking her for an interview which will be one of the sources for a book she is writing.
4	1	1	Fuji Videocassette: Part 1 of the Bates Salary Equalization case, 16 September, 1981
4	1	2	Fuji Videocassette: Part 2 of the Bates Salary Equalization case, 16 September, 1981
5	1	1	Videocassette from GN Bates (No title) Beginning, no date
5	1	2	Videocassette from GN Bates (No title) Conclusion, no date