Box 1596

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the North Carolina State AFL-CIO. Topics include the 1969 implementation of the Model Cities Program in Asheville, North Carolina and the 1971 design charrette on school integration and reform in Durham, North Carolina.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with labor leaders in Durham and Greensboro, North Carolina, regarding a planned trip by Kehrer to the area in March 1965.

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Consists of a letter of Al Bilik, President of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council, to Lawrence Walter, Leadership Committee Chairman of the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission. The letter details Bilik's views on overall union support for a project to improve African-American involvement in local trades, unions, and apprenticeship programs.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the AFL-CIO South Carolina Labor Council and South Carolina AFL-CIO. Topics include the 1978 election of James A. Johnson as the first African American state AFL-CIO president and planning for a statewide voter registration drive in Spring 1978.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with AFL-CIO Tennessee State Labor Council President Matthew Lynch.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the Texas AFL-CIO. Topics include a letter from Nacogdoches County Voters League Director Arthur Weaver requesting assistance investigating complaints of job discrimination against local African Americans.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the Virginia State AFL-CIO. Topics include planning for union participation in a 1966 civil rights conference in Norfolk, Virginia and a 1971 report on the progress of the Model Cities Program in Richmond, Virginia.

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Consists of documents related to a 1971 AFL-CIO survey of apprenticeship opportunities in southern U.S. cities. Includes correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, requesting and discussing apprenticeship statistics.

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Consists of documents related to minority participation in apprenticeship programs, labor unions, and union jobs, particularly in the building trades. Includes a report on a 1969 dispute between African-American activists, unions, and employers in Chicago and correspondence and records related to 1970 EEOC hearings in Houston, Texas.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the Joint Apprenticeship Program of the Workers' Defense League and the A. Philip Randolph Institute.

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Consists of documents related to outreach efforts for minority apprenticeship programs, particularly the Joint Apprenticeship Program of the Workers' Defense League and A. Philip Randolph Institute, and the Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) of the National Urban League. Includes reports on apprenticeship programs in the Atlanta area and notes on a 1967 Atlanta apprenticeship recruitment workshop organized by the Joint Apprenticeship Program, LEAP, and Southern Regional Council.

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Consists of documents related to outreach efforts for minority apprenticeship programs in Birmingham, Alabama, particularly related to building and construction trades

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Consists of documents related to outreach efforts for minority apprenticeship programs in Jacksonville, Florida. Includes correspondence discussing a partnership between regional union organizations and the National Urban League's Labor Education and Advancement Program (LEAP), as well as problems with discriminatory behavior in the local plumbers' union.

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Consists of documents related to the activities of the National Urban League Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) in Jacksonville, Florida. Includes a 1970 statement from the Jacksonville Urban League supporting the position of its partner labor organizations in a complaint against the Jacksonville Housing Authority.

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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Morris Blake, Secretary-Treasurer of the Tampa Building and Construction Trades Council, regarding the Tampa Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) developed by the Tampa Urban League and local unions. The major topic is a 1969 labor dispute between Blake and Tampa LEAP Executive Director Augusta Marshall.

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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Morris Blake, Secretary-Treasure of the Tampa Building and Construction Trades Council, regarding the Tampa Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) project developed by the Tampa Urban League and local unions. The major topic is a 1969 labor dispute between Blake and Tampa LEAP Executive Director Augusta Marshall. Also includes financial planning documents for the Tampa LEAP.

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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Morris Blake, Secretary-Treasurer of the Tampa Building and Construction Trades Council, regarding the Tampa Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) project developed by the Tampa Urban League and local unions. The major topic is a 1969 labor dispute between Blake and Tampa LEAP Executive Director Augusta Marshall.

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Consists of documents related to the Tampa Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) project developed by the Tampa Urban League and local unions. Includes minutes of meetings, reports on Tampa LEAP project activities and program participants, funding proposals, staff lists, promotional materials, and relevant local news articles.

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Consists of documents related to the Labor Education Advancement Program (LEAP) project of the Atlanta Urban League, particularly a planned expansion of the program with the support of the North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council, contractors' associations, and African-American community organizations ("Atlanta Plan"). Also includes documents criticizing Atlanta LEAP Director Lloyd X. Smith for involvement with a non-union contracting company.

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with individuals involved in the Atlanta Employment and Training Advisory Council (ETAC), a committee created to oversee projects funded under the 1973 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Topics include complaints over the removal of E.T. Kehrer and fellow AFL-CIO representative Walter Rucker from ETAC due to non-residence in the city of Atlanta, and over ETAC's rejection of a union-backed plan for directing minority workers to MARTA...