- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- AFL-CIO news releases, 1963-1971
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO. Building and Construction Trades Department
Meany, George, 1894-1980
Schnitzler, William F., 1904-1983
Kirkland, Lane - Date of Original:
- 1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 - Subject:
- Labor leaders
Labor unions
Labor union members
African American labor union members
Labor unions--Officials and employees
International labor activities
Labor unions and communism
Air--Pollution
Unemployment
Discrimination in employment
Literacy programs
Wages--Law and legislation
Affirmative action programs
Apprenticeship programs
Construction industry
Building trades
Civil rights
Strikes and lockouts--Sanitation
Civil rights workers--Crimes against
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO. Building and Construction Trades Department
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America - People:
- Meany, George, 1894-1980
Schnitzler, William F., 1904-1983
Kirkland, Lane
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- Dominican Republic, 19.0, -70.66667
Indonesia, -5.0, 120.0
Soviet Union, 51.220643, 51.363519
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898 - Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Shortly after the merger in 1955, the AFL-CIO set up a Civil Rights Department, which was designed to investigate various fields of civil rights activity.
The Records, 1963-1972, of the Civil Rights Department of the AFL-CIO Southern Region consist primarily of printed material and correspondence of private groups, government commissions, and committees from organized labor, working in the various fields of civil rights activity--equal and open housing, school desegregation, human relations, and fair and equal employment opportunities.
Consists of press releases of the AFL-CIO on various topics, as well as statements, speeches, and press conference transcripts from AFL-CIO President George Meany and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurers William F. Schnitzler and Lane Kirkland. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/27854
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1973-05_174_08, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Region records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 103 pages
- Original Collection:
- Box 174
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/230
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Region records (L1973-05) - Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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