Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes, Inc. Durham Chapter (Durham, N.C.)
Biographical notes:
Non-profit, inter-racial organization founded in Durham, N.C. in September 1968. Mrs. Elna Spaulding was its founder and first president.
From the description of Records, 1968-1981, (bulk 1968-1972). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 18666401
Founded by Elna B. Spaulding Sept. 4, 1968, shortly after a public appeal was made to women of the Durham, N.C., community to form a civic coalition of African American and white women from all levels of society to work toward the prevention of violence during the time of a "black buying boycott" and mounting tensions.
From the description of Records, 1968-1973. (North Carolina Division of Archives & Hist). WorldCat record id: 70956037
The beginnings of the WIAPVC can be traced to July 1968, when Elna (Mrs. Asa T.) Spaulding was invited to attend a forum in New York City sponsored by the McCall Corporation in which women from all over the United States were asked to discuss the topic What Women Can Do to End Violence in America. Upon her return, Mrs. Spaulding founded Women-In-Action for the Prevention of Violence and its Causes, which was organized as an inter-racial, non-profit community organization. At the time WIAPVC was formed, Durham was in the midst of a black buying boycott, which was an effort on the part of blacks in the city to exert pressure on merchants to focus upon needs which they believed had been unmet. The new group was credited with helping open communication between the Black Solidarity Committee, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Merchants Association during the boycott. The early history of the WIAPVC is best documented in the correspondence and administrative files series of this collection. As the organization grew, it involved itself in economic assistance, community improvements, education issues, referral services, addictions and rape counseling, prisoner rehabilitation, and race relations in general. The organization was still in existence as of 2010.
From the guide to the Women-In-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes, Inc., Durham Chapter records, 1968-1998 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)
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Subjects:
- Abortion
- Education
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Boycotts
- Civic improvement
- Communication
- Consumer protection
- Consumers
- Discrimination in housing
- Drug abuse
- Housing
- Interpersonal relations
- Medical care
- Ombudsman
- Police-community relations
- Poor
- Race relations
- School integration
- Social service
- Unemployment
- Women
- Youth Services for
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- Raleigh (N.C.) (as recorded)
- North Carolina--Durham (as recorded)
- North Carolina--Durham (as recorded)
- Durham (N.C.) (as recorded)
