Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching records, 1930-1942.

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Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching records, 1930-1942.

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The collection consists of records of the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching (ASWPL) from 1930-1942. Includes correspondence, minutes, newsletters, newspapers clippings, pamphlets, petitions, press releases, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, speeches, and writings. The records contain correspondence to and from ASWPL, especially Jessie Daniel Ames; material relating to the establishment and activities of the ASWPL state councils; meeting files containing minutes and agenda of ASWPL meetings and other conferences held to discuss the issue of lynching; and files relating to organizations associated with or related to the ASWPL including the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching, the Tuskegee Institute, the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, and various religious denominations.

10.4 linear ft.8 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403887

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching

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The Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching was organized in Atlanta, Georgia in 1930 under the auspices of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Directed by Jessie Daniel Ames, the group collected thousands of signatures on anti-lynching petitions, worked to change public opinion and educate children away from racism, and assisted southern officials to uphold the law. The organization was dissolved in 1942. From the description of Association of Southern Wo...

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...

Tuskegee Institute

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Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972

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North Carolina resident (Polk County) and general field secretary of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. From the description of Papers, 1902-1946. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31311677 From the description of Papers, 1920-1946. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122525094 Jessie Daniel Ames, civil rights worker of Atlanta, Ga., Georgetown, Tex., and Tryon, N.C. Beginning in 1922, Ames served separate roles as secretary and vice-...

Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching

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