Child Development Group of Mississippi
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The Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) was a community action group that developed a Head Start program for low income, primarily black, pre-school children. The CDGM Head Start program evolved from a meeting called by Dr. Tom Levin, a civil rights activist, with five other social scientists and professionals, which was held in New York City on March 11, 1965. Levin was the first director of the CDGM's Head Start program which, in its heyday, operated eighty-seven centers throughout Mississippi with an enrollment of 6,000 children and a staff of 3,000 adults.
The CDGM received one of the largest grants in the country from the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to begin operation. Within months it became the OEO's most controversial Head Start program. It faced opposition from the Klu Klux Klan, the local press and some members of the black community. In addition, charges of mismanagement were leveled at the organization. In September, less than six months from the time they were funded, CDGM's funds were withdrawn by the OEO.
With the aid of a newly formed support group, the Friends of Children of Mississippi (FCM), the CDGM operated without government funding during the winter of 1965-1966. After a congressional investigation, organizational and personnel changes, the OEO provided $5.5 million dollars for a full year's operation in fourteen out of the nineteen countries in the state. In October 1967 the OEO withdrew all funding to Head Start programs in Mississippi counties operating under the mantle of the CDGM.
The Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) was a community action group that developed a Head Start program for low income, primarily black, pre-school children. The CDGM Head Start program evolved from a meeting called by Dr. Tom Levin, a civil rights activist, with five other social scientists and professionals, which was held in New York City on March 11, 1965. Levin was the first director of the CDGM's Head Start program which, in its heyday, operated eighty-seven centers throughout Mississippi with an enrollment of 6,000 children and a staff of 3,000 adults.
The CDGM received one of the largest grants in the country from the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to begin operation. Within months it became the OEO's most controversial Head Start program. It faced opposition from the Klu Klux Klan, the local press and some members of the black community. In addition, charges of mismanagement were leveled at the organization. In September, less than six months from the time they were funded, CDGM's funds were withdrawn by the OEO.
With the aid of a newly formed support group, the Friends of Children of Mississippi (FCM), the CDGM operated without government funding during the winter of 1965-1966. After a congressional investigation, organizational and personnel changes, the OEO provided $5.5 million dollars for a full year's operation in fourteen out of the nineteen countries in the state. In October 1967 the OEO withdrew all funding to Head Start programs in Mississippi counties operating under the mantle of the CDGM.
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African
African American children
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
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African Americans
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Children
Children with social disabilities
Children with social disabilities
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Education, Preschool
Education, Preschool
Head Start Program
Head Start Program
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