Southern Conference for Human Welfare publications, 1938-1967.

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Southern Conference for Human Welfare publications, 1938-1967.

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The collection consists of publications created or collected by the Southern Conference for Human Welfare from 1938-1967. Publications of the SCHW include the national periodical "The Southern Patriot" and the Committee for Washington's (D.C.) "News" and "Word from Washington." Also includes publications created by other organizations involved in race relations and economic and social issues such as American Council on Race Relations, National Council of Negro Women, National Urban League, National Committee to Win the Peace, and National Institute of Social Relations.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404037

Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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National Council of Negro Women

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The National Council of Negro Women (NANW) was founded December 5, 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune. It grew out of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Bethune was an educator and the daughter of former slaves. She branched off the ideas of the NACW and began the start of the NCNW to help African American women and their families. Women on the council fought more towards political and economic successes of black women to uplift them in society. NCNW fulfills this mission through researc...

National Committee to Win the Peace (U.S.)

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National Institute of Social Relations.

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Southern Conference for Human Welfare

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The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) was formed in 1938 in Birmingham, Alabama to promote civil liberties and to combat economic problems in the South by expanding the New Deal to attack southern poverty. The organization campaigned against the poll tax, allied itself with the Congress of Industrial Organizations, held interracial meetings, and followed a "popular front" strategy which allowed Communists membership in SCHW. This policy led to charges of Communist influence, a factor ...

American Council on Race Relations

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National urban league

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