Commission on Interracial Cooperation

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The Commission on Interracial Cooperation was founded in 1918 by a group of prominent blacks and whites who wished to address the social, political, and economic problems facing African Americans. Incorporated in 1929 in Georgia, the Commission consisted of state and local committees throughout the South. Will W. Alexander, a white Methodist minister served as director for twenty-five years. The organization was dissolved in 1944 and succeeded by the Southern Regional Council.

From the description of Commission on Interracial Cooperation literature, 1920-1944. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477065

From the description of Commission on Interracial Cooperation state interracial committees files, 1918-1944. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477070

The Commission on Interracial Cooperation was founded in 1918 by a group of prominent blacks and whites who wished to address the social, political, and economic problems facing African Americans. Incorporated in 1929 in Georgia, the commission consisted of state and local committees throughout the South. Will W. Alexander, a white Methodist minister served as director for twenty-five years. The organization was dissolved in 1944 and succeeded by the Southern Regional Council.

From the description of Commission on Interracial Cooperation affiliated organizations files, 1918-1942. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477069

N.C. state-wide annual conference.

From the description of Papers, 1934-1936. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38744935

The Commission on Interracial Cooperation was founded in 1918 by a group of prominent blacks and whites who wished to address the social, political, and economic problems facing African Americans. Incorporated in 1929, in Georgia, the Commission consisted of state and local committees throughout the South. Will W. Alexander, a white Methodist minister, served as director for twenty-five years. The organization was dissolved in 1944 and was succeeded by the Southern Regional Council.

From the description of Commission on Interracial Cooperation records, 1919-1944. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477055

The Commission on Interracial Cooperation was founded in 1918 by a group of prominent blacks and whites who wished to address the social, political, and economic problems facing African Americans. Incorporated in 1929 in Georgia, the Commission consisted of state and local committees throughout the South. Will W. Alexander, a white Methodist minister served as director for twenty-five years. The organization was dissolved in 1944 and was succeeded by the Southern Regional Council.

From the description of Commission on Interracial Cooperation financial records, 1922-1943. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477061

From the description of Commission on Interracial Cooperation meeting and conference files, 1919-1944. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477059

From the description of Commission on Interracial Cooperation publicity files, 1920-1942. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477063

From the description of Commission on Interracial Cooperation administrative records, 1918-1944. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477056

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referencedIn Austin W. Curtis Papers, 1896-1971 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation state interracial committees files, 1918-1944. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
creatorOf National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Dept. Colored Work Department records, 1871-1946. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Bristol, Lucius Moody, 1872-1953. Papers, 1940-1946. University of Florida
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1931. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Hancock, Gordon Blaine, 1884-1970. Papers, 1928-1970. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation literature, 1920-1944. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation records, 1919-1944. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954. Howard Washington Odum papers, 1908-1982. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Horace Mann Bond Papers, 1830-1979, 1926-1972 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
referencedIn Raper, Arthur Franklin, 1899- . Interview, 1971. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Moton Family Papers, 1850-1991, (bulk 1930-1940) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Barker, Mary Cornelia, 1879-1963. Mary Cornelia Baker papers, 1912-1971. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Lawrence D. Kessler Collection, 1820-1989 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972. Jessie Daniel Ames papers, 1866-1972. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation meeting and conference files, 1919-1944. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970. Willis D. Weatherford papers, 1911-1969. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Raper, Arthur Franklin, 1899-1979. Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1933-1936. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Manning, Richard Irvine, 1859-1931. Richard Irvine Manning papers, 1896-1932. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching. Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching records, 1930-1942. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Rainey, Glenn W. (Glenn Weddington), 1907-1989. Glenn W. Rainey papers, 1917-1974. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Papers of Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1900-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Providence Plantation (Miss.). Delta and Providence cooperative farms papers, 1925-1963. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation administrative records, 1918-1944. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Alabama. Governor. Legal case files, 1963-1979. Alabama Department of Archives and History
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation affiliated organizations files, 1918-1942. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
creatorOf Curtis, Austin W., 1911-. Austin W. Curtis papers, 1896-1971. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Newspaper and magazine articles : race relations, [between 1897 and 1990]. Temple University, Blockson Afro-American History Collection
creatorOf Trenholm, H. Councill (Harper Councill), 1900-1963. Papers, 1882-1964. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
referencedIn Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956. The reminiscences of Will W. Alexander [microform]. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
referencedIn Bernd, Aaron, 1894-1937. Aaron Bernd papers, 1919-1937. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Gordon Blaine Hancock Papers, 1928-1970 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. [Miscellaneous publications]. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Neighborhood Union (Atlanta, Ga.). Organizations affiliated with the Neighborhood Union, 1914-1935. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Columbia University Oral History Collection. Collection. 1952-1960. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Southern Regional Council. Southern Regional Council Collection, 1944-1973. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation financial records, 1922-1943. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Papers, 1934-1936. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Lucius Moody Bristol Papers, 1940-1946 Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
referencedIn Colored Work Department records., 1871-1946. University of Minnesota Libraries. Kautz Family YMCA Archives. [ymca]
referencedIn Raper, Arthur Franklin, 1899-1979. Arthur Franklin Raper papers, 1913-1979. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation. North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation records, 1922-1949. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Commission on Interracial Cooperation publicity files, 1920-1942. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
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associatedWith Alabama. Governor. corporateBody
associatedWith Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956. person
associatedWith Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972. person
associatedWith Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching. corporateBody
associatedWith Barker, Mary Cornelia, 1879-1963. person
associatedWith Bernd, Aaron, 1894-1937. person
associatedWith Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 person
associatedWith Bristol, Lucius Moody, 1872-1953. person
associatedWith CHARLOTTE EUGENIA (HAWKINS) BROWN, 1883-1961 person
associatedWith Columbia University Oral History Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Committee on Women's Work. corporateBody
associatedWith Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Committee on Women's Work. corporateBody
associatedWith Commission on the Study of the Participation of the Negro in Southern Life. corporateBody
associatedWith Conference on Education and Race Relations. corporateBody
associatedWith Curtis, Austin W., 1911- person
associatedWith Eagan, John Joseph, 1870-1924. person
associatedWith Eleazer, Robert B. b. 1877 person
associatedWith Hancock, Gordon Blaine, 1884-1970. person
associatedWith Hope, John, 1868-1936. person
associatedWith Interracial Commission. corporateBody
associatedWith Julius Rosenwald Fund. corporateBody
associatedWith Kessler, Lawrence D. person
associatedWith Laura Spelman Memorial Fund. corporateBody
correspondedWith Manning, Richard Irvine, 1859-1931. person
associatedWith Methodist Episcopal Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Moton family family
associatedWith National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Department. corporateBody
associatedWith National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Dept. corporateBody
associatedWith Neighborhood Union (Atlanta, Ga.) corporateBody
associatedWith North Carolina Commission on Interracial Cooperation. corporateBody
associatedWith Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954. person
associatedWith Phelps-Stokes Fund. corporateBody
associatedWith Presbyterian Church in America. corporateBody
associatedWith Rainey, Glenn W. (Glenn Weddington), 1907-1989. person
associatedWith Raper, Arthur Franklin, 1899- . person
associatedWith Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching. corporateBody
associatedWith Southern Regional Council. corporateBody
associatedWith Special Committee on Negroes and Economic Reconstruction. corporateBody
associatedWith Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946. person
associatedWith Trenholm, H. Councill (Harper Councill), 1900-1963. person
associatedWith Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970. person
associatedWith Work, Monroe Nathan. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Southern States
North Carolina
Southern States
Southern States
United States
Southern States
Southern States
Southern States
Southern States
Southern States
Georgia
Subject
African American newspapers
African American periodicals
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
Governors
Lynching
New Deal, 1933-1939
Public relations
Race discrimination
Race relations
Race relations
Race relations
Race relations and the press
Sheriff
Social reformers
Women social reformers
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Active 1920

Active 1944

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