AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southern Office records, 1964-1979.

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AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southern Office records, 1964-1979.

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The collection consists of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between E.T. (A1) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship and training programs; a wide range of groups and persons concerned with community action and social reform issues, principally in the field of civil rights; and political figures.

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Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Dept.

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Shortly after the merger in 1955, the AFL-CIO set up a Civil Rights Department. From the description of AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department records, 1962-1988. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 51233755 The Civil Rights Department of the AFL-CIO was designed to investigate various fields of civil rights activity. From the description of Southern Region records, 1963-1972. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 51233720 ...

Slaiman, Donald, 1919-

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Pollard, William Edward, 1915-

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Kehrer, E. T., 1921-

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E.T. (Edward Thomas) "Al" Kehrer (1921- ) labor union official born near Brighton, Michigan. Kehrer served as the Southeastern Regional Director of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) (1953-1964) and Southern Director for the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department (1965-1989). From the description of E.T. Kehrer papers, 1940-1989. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38478166 ...