African Americans -- Economic conditions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta Gazette, February 1966 issue
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS971f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains volume 1, issue 4 of the Atlanta Gazette, which contains news for and about the local African American community. Of particular note are articles about the Milwaukee Braves’ potential move to Atlanta; Robert C. Weaver’s (1907-1997) confirmation as the first Black member of the United States Cabinet; national income and employment statistics about African Americans; and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) use of the...
Dates:
1966 February
Henderson family papers
File
Collection number: ahc.MSS1303
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal documents of the Henderson family and the business records of Henderson Travel Service. Included are articles; biographical sketches; brochures; certificates; correspondence; invitations; itineraries; memorandums; newspaper clippings; newspapers; programs; publications; and scrapbooks. Some of the materials in the collection are photocopies of their originals. The bulk of the collection are materials relating to operational and promotional activities of...
Dates:
1933-2007, undated
Small Expectations: Adjustment to Economic Status in the Deep South lecture program by Allison Davis
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS977f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a program for a lecture titled “Small Expectations: Adjustment to Economic Status in the Deep South,” which Allison Davis delivered at the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Twenty-Ninth Annual Conclave at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. In the lecture, he spoke about the economic conditions and the intersection of race and class in rural Natchez, Mississippi. He also applies these findings to the South more broadly. Specifically, Davis compared the living standards...
Dates:
1940 December 29
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