Records, 1968-1981, (bulk 1968-1972).

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Records, 1968-1981, (bulk 1968-1972).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18666401

Correspondence, by-laws, meeting agendas and minutes, budgets, articles of incorporation, as well as information about the organization's relationship to the Women In Action Foundation of Durham, M.C., chiefly dating from 1968 to 1972 when Mrs. Elna Spaulding was president. Its' involvement in the Durham community on a variety of issues is represented and includes easing racial tensions; smoothing the way for court ordered school integration in 1970; providing for the recreational and cultural needs of disadvantaged youth; and establishing a Clearinghouse to offer information and referral services to Durham citizens for a variety of social problems.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6951930

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Women in Action Foundation of Durham, N.C.

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Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes, Inc. Durham Chapter (Durham, N.C.)

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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 tow...

Spaulding, Elna B. (Elna Bridgeforth)

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