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Southern Regional Council

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Aubrey Williams transcript of "The Failure of Gradualism"

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS957f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a transcript of Aubrey Williams' speech, "The Failure of Gradualism" that that he presented in Atlanta, Georgia, before the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, a historically Black fraternity. In the speech, Williams calls for a united stand against States' Rights Democratic Party, commonly called Dixiecrat, politicians and white supremacists and argues against a gradualist approach to desegregation.

Dates: 1949

Austin T. Walden papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS614
Scope and Content This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Austin T. Walden. The papers are primarily office files and case briefs from his law career. Additional material includes correspondence, financial papers, membership information, political campaign documents, speeches, and marketing and outreach material from various organizations. The collection contains materials from the many organizations to which Walden belonged or defended in court, such as the NAACP, the Atlanta Negro...
Dates: 1900-1969, undated

Civil Rights Movement collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS748f
Scope and Content This collection contains fliers, pamphlets, mailouts, and statements from the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia. Subjects addressed in the documents include racial relations in the south, school segregation, African-American voting, civil rights demonstrations, and memorials to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some materials in this collection pre-date the recognized beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, in 1954. Of particular note is a handbill from Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to boycot...
Dates: 1934-1991, undated

Helen Bullard papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS58
Scope and Content These papers pramarily relate to Helen Bullard's work with the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA). Records include memoranda, minutes, membership information, agendas, reports, training material, surveys, resolutions, program materials, financial and budget records, and correspondence. Other materials pertain to political campaigns that Bullard handled between 1970 and 1976, including election reports that she collected between 1967 and 1977, and papers from her work with Judge Alexander...
Dates: 1968-1977, undated

Raymond Rosenfeld papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1258
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents written and collected by Raymond Rosenfeld during his doctoral studies at Emory University and his work at the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. (CCAA). The bulk of the documents from CCAA are reports and evaluations conducted by the Research Evaluation Center on social services in Atlanta. There is also research pertaining to his dissertation about Atlanta Public Schools desegregation such as articles, reports, and surveys. In addition, there are...
Dates: 1966-1973, undated

Southern Regional Council documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS373
Scope and Contents This collection consists of reports and newsletters published by the Southern Regional Council about African Americans living in the South. Report topics include: voter registration and politics, health care, school desegregation, the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike of 1968, and riots and civil disorder. The collection also contains episode transcripts from Will the Circle be Unbroken: A Personal History of the Civil Rights Movement in Five Southern...
Dates: 1944-1997, undated

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Segregation in education -- Georgia 3
African Americans -- Civil rights 2
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 2
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
Abstracts of title -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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African American civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- Economic conditions 1
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- History 1
African Americans -- Politics and government 1
African Americans -- Segregation 1
African Americans -- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- Social conditions 1
African Americans -- Southern States 1
American poetry 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 1
Bankruptcy -- Georgia 1
Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Campaign paraphernalia 1
Civil rights 1
Civil rights -- Georgia 1
Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
Civil rights movements -- United States 1
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Counterculture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Elections -- Georgia 1
Family planning services -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Family services -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Financial statements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Fraternal organizations -- Georgia 1
Hippies -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Law -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Law firms -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Legal instruments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Lynchings -- 1940-1950 1
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Georgia 1
Political campaigns -- Georgia 1
Political campaigns -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Public housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Public housing -- Resident satisfaction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Public relations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Public welfare -- Georgia 1
Racial justice -- Georgia 1
School integration -- Southern States 1
Segregation -- Georgia 1
Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Segregation in education -- Southern States 1
Social justice -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Social service -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Southern States -- Economic conditions 1
Southern States -- Race relations 1
Southern States -- Social conditions 1
Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
Voter registration -- Southern States 1
Voting -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
White supremacy movements -- Georgia 1
Women -- Political activity -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Zoning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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