Arkansas Council on Human Relations records, 1954-1968.

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Arkansas Council on Human Relations records, 1954-1968.

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, minutes of proceedings, pamphlets, bulletins, newsletters, clippings, programs, sound recordings, and other material created or received by the ACHR. Records pertain to the creation, organization, and functioning of the Council, and to the activities and interests of its officers, directors, staff, membership, supporters and opponents in regard to the legal, political, moral, educational, religious, social, economic and other aspects of race relations in Arkansas. Includes material on the public school integration crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957-58, and its aftermath.

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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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...

Arkansas Council on Human Relations.

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Social action organization for the improvement of race relations, affiliated with the Southern Regional Council. From the description of Arkansas Council on Human Relations records, 1954-1968. (University of Arkansas - Fayetteville). WorldCat record id: 28596055 ...