Southern Conference for Human Welfare
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The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) was formed in 1938 in Birmingham, Alabama to promote civil liberties and to combat economic problems in the South by expanding the New Deal to attack southern poverty. The organization campaigned against the poll tax, allied itself with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, held interracial meetings, and followed a "popular front" strategy which allowed Communists membership in SCHW. This policy led to charges of Communist influence, a factor which hastened the SCHW's demise in 1948.
From the description of Clark Foreman files, 1934-1967. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477301
From the description of Southern Conference for Human Welfare publications, 1938-1967. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477297
From the description of National Office correspondence and records, 1938-1967. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477294
From the description of Southern Conference for Human Welfare records, 1938-1967 (bulk 1946-1948). (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477180
From the description of State committees files, 1938-1967. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477295
The National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax was established in 1941. The Committee's work was originally started by the Civil Rights Committee of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. Virginia Foster Durr and Joseph Gelders directed the work of the Committee to persuade Congress to repeal the poll tax. Although the Committee collapsed in 1948, it succeeded in turning public opinion in the South against the poll tax.
From the description of National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax records, 1941-1948. (Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc.). WorldCat record id: 38477299
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referencedIn | Alexander W. McAlister Papers, 1886-1946 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
referencedIn | Braden, Carl, 1914-1975. Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006. | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives | |
referencedIn | Carl and Anne Braden Papers, 1928-2006 | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
referencedIn | Dalton, Jack, 1908-. Papers relating to race relations [manuscript] 1943-1958. | University of Virginia. Library | |
referencedIn | Douty, Kenneth. Kenneth Douty Collection. | Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library | |
referencedIn | Douty, Kenneth. Report and letters, 1956; 1971 [manuscript]. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
referencedIn | Durr, Virginia Foster,. Virginia Foster Durr oral history interview, 1990 Mar. 9. | Georgia State University | |
referencedIn | Earl Browder Papers, 1879-1990 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Foreman, Clark Howell, 1902-1977. Papers of Clark Foreman [manuscript], 1917-1977. | University of Virginia. Library | |
referencedIn | Horton, Myles, 1905-1990,. Myles Horton oral history interview, 1989 Dec. 15. | Georgia State University |
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associatedWith | American Council on Race Relations. |
associatedWith | American Federation of Trades. |
associatedWith | Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955. |
associatedWith | Bittner, Van A. 1885- |
associatedWith | Braden, Carl, 1914-1975. |
associatedWith | Browder, Earl, 1891-1973 |
associatedWith | Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961. |
associatedWith | Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) |
associatedWith | Dombrowski, James A. 1897-1983. |
associatedWith | Douty, Kenneth. |
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