- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Howard W. Odum
- Date of Original:
- 1884/1954
- Subject:
- College teachers--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Sociologists--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Men--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Books--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Offices--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Southern Regional Council
Desks--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
Social reformers--North Carolina--Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty
Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Chapel Hill - People:
- Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Orange County, 36.0613, -79.1206
United States, North Carolina, Orange County, Chapel Hill, 35.9132, -79.05584 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A University of North Carolina sociologist, Howard W. Odum was one of the founders of the Southern Regional Council. Previously, he had been the president of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation.
Photograph of sociologist Howard Odum in his office at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He sits at his desk, which is covered in papers. Shelves of books line the walls behind him. Wearing a three-piece suit, he faces slightly left.
Odum was one of the founders of the Southern Regional Council (SRC), a reform-oriented organization whose headquarters are now in Atlanta, Georgia. The SRC is considered the successor organization to the Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC), with which it merged in 1944, and thus traces its history back to 1919. During the late 1940s and 1950s the SRC was unique in its focus on interracial cooperation and struggled against massive resistance in the South. The organization continues to promote voter registration, political awareness, and racial equality. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/southern-regional-council/m-10566/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/southern-regional-council
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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