"Human Resources and Public Services in the South," Human Resources and Public Services Committee of the Southern Growth Policies Board, December 1974
Scope and Content of the Series
Series III reflects Via's wide-ranging interests and activities during his career in labor education. Noteworthy files in this series (which is arranged alphabetically) are: "American Federation of Teachers [AFT] Local No. 189," 1953-1975; "Atlanta Labor Education Association," 1951-1954; "Commission on the Future of the South," 1969- 1974; "Hate Groups, 1955-1958"; labor education generally and in the South; "National Association of Human Rights Workers," 1972-1974; "Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA]," 1977-1978; and "Textile Employment and Advancement for Minorities" [TEAM], 1965-1969.
Since race relations and employment opportunities for minorities were constant concerns for Via, his Papers include numerous files related to African-American participation in unions, and to other civil rights subject areas. In Series 1, such files include Via's annotated copy of Martin Luther King's, "Our Struggle - The Struggle of Montgomery," [1956], and "Urban Problems Course with Demographic Change and Racial Ghettos: The Crisis of American Cities by Herbert Hill, 1966." In Series 2, these files include "Committee of Black Employees, 1969," concerning internal SRC issues; and Vernon Jordan's "Civil Rights in Georgia," September 1969. Reports in Series 2 on school desegregation [1960-1961], and "Memphis - More than a Garbage Strike, 1968" offer more material in this area.
In Series 3, as well, several folders relate to trade unions and African-Americans, as well as to civil rights more generally, including "African-American Workers and Organized Labor - Racism Within Organized Labor [pamphlets and reports], 1957-1965"; Freeman's doctoral dissertation, "An Examination of Blacks in Union Leadership Positions in the United States [1983]"; Samuel Lubell's, "Five Fingers Make a Fist" [1957] with Margaret Price's, "Negro Voter in the South" [1957]; "NAACP and ILGWU, 1962"; "Negro Labor Unions - Virginia, c. 1965"; files related to race relations; and the 1957 "Survey of Southern Trade Unions and the Race Problem," conducted by the Jewish Labor Committee.
Dates
- Creation: December 1974
Creator
- From the Collection: Via, Emory F. (Emory Franklin), 1925-2003 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 10.5 Linear Feet (in 24 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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