Operation Opportunity files, 1959-1964.

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Operation Opportunity files, 1959-1964.

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The collection consists of records of the Operation Opportunity program of the SRC from 1959-1964. For each state involved in the program there are questionnaires which record information on degrees of integration, organizations likely to be helpful or hostile, and names of individuals who might be willing to teach or support the desegregation of public accommodations. The collection also consists of reports prepared by Director Louis L. Mitchell, Jr. and some correspondence.

1.3 linear ft.1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403920

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Mitchell, Louis L.

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