Commission on Interracial Cooperation state interracial committees files, 1918-1944.

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Commission on Interracial Cooperation state interracial committees files, 1918-1944.

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The series consists of records of various state interracial committees of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation from 1918-1944. Includes correspondence, reports, minutes, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, periodicals, name lists, and questionnaires. The most extensive records relate to the Georgia Committee, which, like other states, includes information on specific subjects such as education, health, lynching, and racial attitudes. Some files also relate to the issue of organizing the local committees.

25.7 linear ft.11 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Commission on Interracial Cooperation

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The Commission on Interracial Cooperation was founded in 1918 by a group of prominent blacks and whites who wished to address the social, political, and economic problems facing African Americans. Incorporated in 1929 in Georgia, the Commission consisted of state and local committees throughout the South. Will W. Alexander, a white Methodist minister served as director for twenty-five years. The organization was dissolved in 1944 and succeeded by the Southern Regional Council. From t...