Box 173

Scope and Content of the Records From the Collection:

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.

Scope and Content of the Records From the Collection:

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.

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with various labor, civil rights, and social service organizations, primarily the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the League for Industrial Democracy (LID). Topics include Leadership Conference political bulletins, fair housing initiatives in Atlanta, Denver, and other cities, recommendations from the American Jewish Committee on civil rights organizing by Jewish groups, and a 1968 analysis of the Mississippi AFL-CIO Program for Progress...

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with various labor, civil rights, and social service organizations, primarily the Arkansas State AFL-CIO, Florida AFL-CIO, and the Community Council of the Atlanta Area (CCAA). Topics include funding issues faced by the CCAA's Community Coordinated Child Care (4C) program and a 1970 strike by water treatment workers in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with various labor, civil rights, and social service organizations, primarily the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Mississippi Council on Human Relations, Georgia State AFL-CIO, and the Arkansas State AFL-CIO. Topics include Leadership Conference political bulletins, calls to support striking workers in Arkansas, and planning for state AFL-CIO conferences in Georgia and Virginia. Also includes statements and grand jury testimony related to the ...

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with various labor, civil rights, and social service organizations, primarily the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Arkansas State AFL-CIO and Virginia AFL-CIO. Topics include Leadership Conference political bulletins, calls to support boycotts of La-Z-Boy furniture and lettuce growers, and planning for state AFL-CIO and AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE) conferences.

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with various labor, civil rights, and social service organizations. Topics include requests for Kehrer's participation in conferences and committees of the National Urban League and the Metropolitan Atlanta Southern Leadership Conference, and an appeal for AFL-CIO support to help sharecroppers in Panola County, Mississippi purchase land.