Child Development Group of Mississippi collection 1965-1971

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Child Development Group of Mississippi collection 1965-1971

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20879

Records of the Child Development Group of Mississippi collection consists primarily of lengthy and detailed reports documenting the history and goals of the Head Start program; training manuals; financial proposals; and printed material. Also present are instruction manuals and printed material for the CDGM support group, Friends of Children of Mississippi.

2.6 lin. ft. (6.5 boxes)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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SNAC Resource ID: 6317162

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Delta Ministry of Mississippi

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Project Head Start (U.S.)

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Friend of Children of Mississippi.

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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...

National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

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United States. Office of Economic Opportunity

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