Information and Research Depts. records, 1944-1968.

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Information and Research Depts. records, 1944-1968.

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The collection consists of records of the Information and Research Departments of the SRC from 1944-1968. Contains information requests and reference material including manuscripts, studies, surveys, reports, and publications pertaining to a myriad of subjects including race relations, the civil rights movement, segregation and desegregation, police brutality, violence, unemployment, housing, and voter registration.

30 linear ft.24 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403895

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Southern Regional Council. Information Dept.

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Southern Regional Council. Research Dept.

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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...