- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Don Slaiman [Executive Director], correspondence, 1968
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Slaiman, Donald, 1919-2000
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 - Date of Original:
- 1968
- Subject:
- Labor leaders
Labor unions
Labor union members
African American labor union members
Textile workers--Labor unions
Apprenticeship programs
Labor unions--Political activity
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Southern Cooperative Development Program - People:
- Slaiman, Donald, 1919-2000
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Director Donald Slaiman. Topics include outreach projects to increase recruitment of African Americans into apprenticeship and training programs, particularly for the textile industry, and internal union disputes over some members' support for George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election. Also includes a transcript of a eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered by Benjamin Mays.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/15073
- IIIF manifest:
- ["https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/AFLCIO:15073/manifest.json"]
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- L1983-26_01_01_1593_10, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 74 pages
- Original Collection:
- Don Slaiman [Executive Director], correspondence, 1968
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/393
1593
AFL-CIO Departments, 1964-1979
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26) - Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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