AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department, Southern Region records

Collection

Identifier: L1973-05

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Records

The Records, 1963-1972, of the Civil Rights Department of the AFL-CIO Southern Region consist primarily of printed material and correspondence of private groups, government commissions, and committees from organized labor, working in the various fields of civil rights activity--equal and open housing, school desegregation, human relations, and fair and equal employment opportunities.

Dates

1963-1972

Creator

AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department (Organization)

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research use.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Historical Note about the AFL-CIO CIvil Rights Department

Shortly after the merger in 1955, the AFL-CIO set up a Civil Rights Department, which was designed to investigate various fields of civil rights activity.

Extent

0.83 Linear Feet (in 2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

Arrangement

The records are arranged in alphabetical order.

Acquisition Information

Donated by E. T. Kehrer, February 6, 1973.

Related Archival Materials

Related Materials in This Repository

Separated Materials Note

During processing, materials were separated to other Southern Labor Archives Printed Collections. For pamphlets, see the Southern Labor Archives Pamphlet Collection finding aid (note that this collection has been weeded over time). For periodicals, see the Southern Labor Archives periodicals collection finding aid or catalog. For proceedings, consult archivist.

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Pamphlet Collection

Pamphlets filed by publisher concerning minimum wage laws, the Freedom Budget, Community Service programs, the Fair Labor Standards Act, civil rights, race relations, the open shop, Social Security, higher education, Neighborhood Youth Corps, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, Job Corps, NAACP, Penn Community Services, American Jewish Committee, the Middle East, tax reform, William Rehnquist, Urban Coalition, the Urban League, Southeastern Education Laboratory, Southern Student Organizing Committee, Clayton County (Georgia) political directory, Union Industrial Engineering Institute, police-community relations, New York City United Federation of Teachers, the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity, Workers Defense League, construction industry employment practices, the 1967 Governor's Conference on Education, and fair employment practices. [L1973-05]

Separated to Southern Labor Archives Periodicals Collection

IUD Agenda, October, 1967, January-February, 1968
IUD Challenge, November-December, 1969, May-June, 1970, September-December, 1970
Alabama Labor Council, 1968-1971 (incomplete)
Alliance for Labor Action, July-August 1971
American Income Life Insurance Company, 1968-1971 (incomplete)
Arkansas State AFL-CIO, February; April 1971
Florida AFL-CIO Legislative Newsletter, April-June 1970, March-June 1971
Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, October 1967, February 1968
Jewish Labor Committee, 1968, 1971 (incomplete)
Labor Rehabilitation Report, July-October 1967
Lithographers & Photoengravers International Union, Local 251 News, February 1969
Louisiana AFL-CIO News, January 1968; February-November 1971 (incomplete)
Memo from COPE, January-February 1969
Mississippi AFL-CIO, January 1969, January-December 1971 (incomplete)
Oklahoma AFL-CIO Legislative Bulletin, February 1969 Tennessee Labor Council AFL-CIO, March-September 1971 (incomplete)
Tennessee Labor Reporter, May 1968
Texas AFL-CIO Officers Report, January-December 1971
Texas AFL-CIO Secretary's Report, January 1968, January, March 1969
UFWOC - Atlanta, September; November 1971 Virginia State AFL-CIO, February-December 1971