RAYMOND MILNER WHEELER PAPERS, #4366, 1936-1982
Correspondence, writings and speeches, pamphlets, and clippings relating primarily to the
social justice activities of Wheeler of Charlotte, North Carolina, a University of North
Carolina graduate, internist, civil rights activist, and advocate for better health care and
nutrition for the poor. The collection documents Wheeler's activities as chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Southern Regional Council (1964-1969) and as its president
(1969-1974). He also participated in a field study of health and living conditions of
African-American children in two rural Mississippi counties in 1967, and in the same year
testified before the U.S. Senate's Employment, Manpower, and Poverty Subcommittee (access
restricted).
