Channing Tobias papers. 1911-1961.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

Phelps-Stokes Fund

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The Phelps and Stokes families had long been associated with a variety of philanthropic enterprises in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Phelps-Stokes Fund was created in 1911 as a non-profit foundation under the will of Caroline Phelps Stokes. Its original objectives were to improve housing for the poor in New York City, and the "education of Negroes, both in Africa and the United States, North American Indians, and needy and deserving white students." The contacts maintained by the staff and tr...

National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America. Colored Work Dept.

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African American service to the YMCA dates back to 1853, when Anthony Bowen established the first "colored" association in Washington D.C.. To facilitate work in the black community, a national Colored Work Department was created under the leadership of William Hunton in 1890. With incentives from philanthropists such as Julius Rosenwald the movement grew and by the 1930s, the YMCA reported nearly 100 black associations in its annual yearbook. After the return of African American soldiers from s...

International Harvester company

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Federal council of the churches of Christ in America

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Succeeded by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. From the description of Records of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1912-1950 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702151783 ...

National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax

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Tobias, Channing H. (1882-1961).

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Channing Heggie Tobias was born 1 February 1882 in Augusta, Georgia. He was educated in the public schools of Augusta, and went on to earn a B.A. from Paine College in 1902 and a B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1905. Gammon Theological Seminary (Atlanta, Geo.) conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1924. Most of Tobias's career was devoted to the YMCA. After serving for twelve years as student secretary of the International Committee of the YMCA, he was appointed as...

Southern Regional Council

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The Help Our Public Education (HOPE) project was established in 1958 by a group of community leaders and concerned citizens to disseminate information regarding school integration in Georgia. After the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision of 1954, HOPE anticipated that many of Georgia's public schools would close, because the state would refuse to comply. HOPE believed an informed public would take the necessary action through elected representatives to keep Georgia's public schools ope...

General Education Board (New York, N.Y.)

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The General Education Board was established in 1903 by John D. Rockefeller to aid education in the United States "without distinction of race, sex or creed." The program included grants for endowment and general budgetary support of colleges and universities, support for special programs, fellowships and scholarships assistanceto state school systems at all levels, and development of social and economic resources as a route to improved educaitonal systems. All major colleges and universities in ...