- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- "Negro Officials To Meet", December 4, 1968
- Date of Original:
- 1968-12-04
- Subject:
- Meetings
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Politics and government
African American leadership - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Virginia, Richmond City County, Richmond, 37.34188, -77.26106 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article discussing plans for black officeholders to meet at a conference for Black officeholders from throughout the South held in Atlanta. The conference sought to discuss mutual problems facing Black officials, such as antagonism and prejudice. The conference expected attendance from 200 to 300 of the South's 380 Black officeholders. Key speakers included U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana, and Rep.-elect Shirley Chisholm of New York.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1954
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
