Child Development Group of Mississippi collection, 1965-1971.

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Child Development Group of Mississippi collection, 1965-1971.

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Records of the Child Development Group of Mississippi collection consists primarily of lengthy and detailed reports documenting the history and goals of the Head Start program; training manuals; financial proposals; and printed material. Also present are instruction manuals and printed material for the CDGM support group, Friends of Children of Mississippi.

3.5 lin. ft. (3 boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8351539

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Project Head Start (U.S.)

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Friend of Children of Mississippi.

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Delta Ministry of Mississippi

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United States. Office of Economic Opportunity

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Child Development Group of Mississippi

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The Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) was a community action group that developed a Head Start program for low income, primarily black, pre-school children. The CDGM Head Start program evolved from a meeting called by Dr. Tom Levin, a civil rights activist, with five other social scientists and professionals, which was held in New York City on March 11, 1965. Levin was the first director of the CDGM's Head Start program which, in its heyday, operated eighty-seven centers...

National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

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