Commission on Interracial Cooperation administrative records, 1918-1944.

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Commission on Interracial Cooperation administrative records, 1918-1944.

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The series consists of the administrative files of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC) from 1918-1944. Includes correspondence, reports, memoranda, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, article reprints, writings, speeches, newsletters, and minutes. The records document many aspects of the Commission's work from the time of its inception until its transformation into the Southern Regional Council. Includes correspondence of several people who played key roles in the Commission's work including Will W. Alexander, Jessie Daniel Ames, Horace Mann Bond, John J. Eagan, Robert B. Eleazer, John Hope, Howard W. Odum, W.D. Weatherford, and Monroe N. Work. Other files reflect the Commission's relationship with several denominational organizations; research material regarding the quality of life for African Americans in the South; newspaper clippings relating to Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge's intervention into the state's educational system and his 1942 gubernatorial campaign; and the transformation of the CIC into the Southern Regional Council. Of particular interest, the records contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reports relating to various court cases involving racial discrimination and violence, especially during the 1930's. There is a significant set of files on the Scottsboro case, in which the CIC joined the NAACP in trying to secure an adequate legal defense for the defendants. The series also contains pamphlets and leaflets relating to the interracial movement, various publications including manuscripts, articles, and speeches of interest to the CIC, and issues of several black newspapers.

27 linear ft.19 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403808

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), 1875-1970

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Hope, John, 1868-1936

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Eagan, John J. (John Joseph), 1870-1924

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Work, Monroe Nathan

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Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972

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Eleazer, Robert B. (Robert Burns), 1877-....

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Commission on Interracial Cooperation

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Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972

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Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946

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Born in Forsyth, Georgia; educated at the University of Georgia; practicing lawyer in Atlanta, Montgomery County, and Telfair County, Georgia; Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, 1927-1933; served three terms as Governor of Georgia; died as governor-elect in 1946. From the description of Pamphlets, 1942. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 17429974 ...

Odum, Howard Washington, 1884-1954

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Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956

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Agriculturist, authority on race relations, educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Will Winton Alexander, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722753 ...