{"id":7059577,"date":"2026-09-17T03:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/ralph-bunche-the-u-s-open-and-anti-discrimination-laws-nyc-department-of-records-information-services\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T03:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T03:50:15","slug":"ralph-bunche-the-u-s-open-and-anti-discrimination-laws-nyc-department-of-records-information-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7059577","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Bunche, the U.S. Open and Anti-Discrimination Laws \u2014 NYC Department of Records &#038; Information Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">COIR meeting minutes from this period show that the body largely focused on housing discrimination matters. Typically, the commission would designate its members to serve on sub-committees that convened fact-finding hearings with the parties involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">On July 15, 1959, COIR convened a special meeting to review the club\u2019s decision, subsequent developments and determine a course of action. Meeting minutes show that Dr. Alfred L. Marrow, Commission Chair, said the meeting was \u201ccalled to determine the course to be pursued by COIR, since, in spite of newspaper reports of a change in position by the Tennis Club, the club has failed to respond to the telephone calls, a letter and telegrams sent by COIR requesting the appearance of representatives at a hearing to explain the club\u2019s position in this case and its general membership practices or policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The minutes show that COIR established a five member \u201cHearing Tribunal\u201d that was instructed to \u201chold two hearings\u2014with Dr. Bunche and with the West Side Tennis Club\u2014and, after due consideration of the facts and record\u2026 determine what further action COIR should take.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Also, on July 15, the week of negative publicity, sponsorship threats and denunciations by prominent people had an effect. Burglund resigned from the club and its Board announced they would review a possible Bunche membership. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The club\u2019s capitulation and Bunche\u2019s response was reported by <em>Time<\/em> magazine on August 27.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For Ralph Bunche, Negro, Nobel Peace Prizewinner and United Nations Under Secretary, it was a peaceful moral victory. Only a week had passed since Bunche disclosed that his 15-year-old son had been barred from membership in New York City\u2019s fashionable West Side Tennis Club (in Forest Hills, Queens) because of his race (<em>TIME<\/em>, July 20). Club President Wilfred Burglund, the Manhattan public relations man who had told Bunche that the club excludes Negroes and Jews, resigned last week amidst public clamor for his singed scalp. Then the club\u2019s governors were moved to announce: \u201cIt is the policy of the club to consider and accept members without regard to race, creed or color.\u201d But Dr. Bunche had no plans to push Ralph Jr. through the West Side\u2019s newly opened door. He had amply proved his point. \u201cThis has not been a pleasant experience, and I\u2019m glad it is over,\u201d said Bunche Sr. \u201cIn this community, happily, bigotry cannot long stand the heat of public exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The club\u2019s announcement would seem to resolve the matter. But it did not deter COIR\u2019s investigation. On July 17, the committee met with Dr. Bunche; on July 21, they met with the tennis club representatives. The tribunal also acted quickly to expand the inquiry by adding another session on August 13 to hear from the leadership of the United States Lawn Tennis Association (now the United States Tennis Association). By convening an additional hearing, COIR moved beyond the initial incident. They began reviewing compliance with anti-discrimination laws at events open to the public throughout the City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COIR meeting minutes from this period show that the body largely focused on housing discrimination matters. Typically, the commission would designate its members to serve on sub-committees that convened fact-finding hearings with the parties involved. 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