Records, 1961-1995, bulk 1964-1966.
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Alabama Council on Human Relations
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Organized in 1947 as the Alabama division of the Southern Regional Council. Beginning as an organization to promote interracial dialog, the council supported the Civil Rights Movement. It evolved into a self-help agency delegating private and public funds for programs to help the poor. From the description of Records, 1961-1995, bulk 1964-1966. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 33195686 ...
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...