Help Our Public Education files, 1958-1961.

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Help Our Public Education files, 1958-1961.

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The collection consists of records relating to the Help Our Public Education (HOPE) project from 1958-1961. Includes correspondence, minutes, financial and office records, and reports relating to HOPE's work with Georgia school integration.

1.3 linear ft.1 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403914

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Help Our Public Education (Ga.)

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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...