- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Poverty, printed materials, 1965-1966
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.
United States. Office of Economic Opportunity
Saunders, Robert W., Sr. (Robert William), 1921-2003
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Georgia Council on Human Relations
Volunteers in Service to America
United Church of Christ. Council for Christian Social Action - Date of Original:
- 1965/1966
- Subject:
- Labor leaders
Civil rights workers
African American civil rights workers
Community activists
Poverty
Poverty--Government policy
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poverty--Religious aspects--Christianity
Poverty--Religious aspects--United Church of Christ
Voluntarism
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc.
United States. Office of Economic Opportunity
Georgia Council on Human Relations
Volunteers in Service to America
Community Action Program (U.S.)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Operation Breadbasket (U.S.) - People:
- Saunders, Robert W., Sr. (Robert William), 1921-2003
Meany, George, 1894-1980 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship and training programs; a wide range of groups and persons concerned with community action and social reform issues, principally in the field of civil rights; and political figures.
Consists of documents related to anti-poverty organizations and initiatives. Contents include a 1965 statement of AFL-CIO President George Meany on additions to the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act, informational materials from the Office of Equal Opportunity explaining the Community Action Program, a report from the Georgia Council on Human Relations on the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)'s Operation Breadbasket, and informational materials on the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/14849
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 86 pages
- Original Collection:
- Southern Labor Archives
Poverty, printed materials, 1965-1966
1605
Subject Files, 1964-1978
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26)
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/384 - Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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