Leffel and U. A. Gentry Papers, 1949-1955

This collection contains correspondence and legal materials concerning Little Rock attorneys Leffel and U. A. Gentry. Correspondence concerns Leffel Gentry's role as friend and advisor to Governor Francis Cherry and his position as Democratic State Committee Chair in 1954. Letters include requests for employment, liquor licences, board and commission appointments, and discussion of the 1953 Legislative Session. Lawsuits concern the Little Rock Dunbar Redevelopment Project in 1952 and a Jim Crow era case concerning African Americans riding on public buses in 1949.Leffel and U. A. Gentry Papers, 1949-195