Southern Regional Council
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Aubrey Williams transcript of "The Failure of Gradualism"
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS957f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a transcript of Aubrey Williams' speech, "The Failure of Gradualism" that that he presented in Atlanta, Georgia, before the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, a historically Black fraternity. In the speech, Williams calls for a united stand against States' Rights Democratic Party, commonly called Dixiecrat, politicians and white supremacists and argues against a gradualist approach to desegregation.
Dates:
1949
Civil Rights Movement collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS748f
Scope and Content
This collection contains fliers, pamphlets, mailouts, and statements from the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia. Subjects addressed in the documents include racial relations in the south, school segregation, African-American voting, civil rights demonstrations, and memorials to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some materials in this collection pre-date the recognized beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, in 1954. Of particular note is a handbill from Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to boycot...
Dates:
1934-1991, undated
Southern Regional Council documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS373
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of reports and newsletters published by the Southern Regional Council about African Americans living in the South. Report topics include: voter registration and politics, health care, school desegregation, the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike of 1968, and riots and civil disorder. The collection also contains episode transcripts from Will the Circle be Unbroken: A Personal History of the Civil Rights Movement in Five Southern...
Dates:
1944-1997, undated
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- Subject: African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta X
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- African Americans -- Civil rights 2
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 2
- African American civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Economic conditions 1
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- History 1
- African Americans -- Politics and government 1
- African Americans -- Segregation 1
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions 1
- African Americans -- Southern States 1
- Civil rights 1
- Civil rights -- Georgia 1
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Fraternal organizations -- Georgia 1
- Lynchings -- 1940-1950 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Georgia 1
- Racial justice -- Georgia 1
- School integration -- Southern States 1
- Segregation -- Georgia 1
- Segregation in education -- Georgia 1
- Segregation in education -- Southern States 1
- Southern States -- Economic conditions 1
- Southern States -- Race relations 1
- Southern States -- Social conditions 1
- Voter registration -- Southern States 1
- White supremacy movements -- Georgia 1 + ∧ less
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