Box 1599

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Consists primarily of documents related to the activities of the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI). Includes staff contact lists for state and local APRI chapters, evaluations of APRI chapter operations, advertisements and programs for the 1975 APRI national conference, and planning material for voter registration projects in Atlanta, Georgia. Also includes documents related to the organizational structure of the AFL-CIO.

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Consists of documents related to the activities of the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI). Includes advertisements and programs for the 1976 APRI national conference and the 1976 Florida APRI conferences, administrative documents from the Florida APRI, planning materials for APRI-backed political campaigns, and position papers and editorials written by Bayard Rustin and Norman Hill. Also includes materials related to a boycott against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of Recruitment and Training Program, Inc., the successor organization to the Joint Apprenticeship Program of the Workers' Defense League and A. Philip Randolph Institute. Topics include efforts to recruit minority candidates for jobs in the elevator industry, planning for Recruitment and Training Program conferences in 1974, 1975, and 1976, and a dispute over the political activities of former Joint Apprenticeship Program staff member...

Scope and Contents Consists of documents related to the activities of Recruitment and Training Program, Inc., the successor organization to the Joint Apprenticeship Program of the Workers' Defense League and A. Philip Randolph Institute. Includes addresses from Recruitment and Training Program Director Ernest Green and AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department Director Robert Georgine, publicity materials created for the Recruitment and Training Program's 1975 conference and other events, and a...

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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Alexis Herman, National Director of the Minority Women Employment Program (MWEP). Topics include worker placements made by MWEP for MARTA projects, plans to extend MWEP funding under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), and the 1974 incorporation of MWEP from the earlier pilot projects in Atlanta and Houston, Texas.

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Consists of documents related to the Minority Women Employment Program (MWEP). Includes a grant proposal to fund 1976 MWEP operations in Atlanta under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and a 1975 report from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin on MWEP's national activities in 1974 and 1975.

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Consists of a 1975 proposal by Recruitment and Training Program, Inc. to establish an outreach program in the Columbus, Mississippi area to hire minority workers for jobs involved in the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.