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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the Atlanta Community Relations Commission. Topics include Kehrer's support for the candidacy of John B. Morris, head of the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU), for head of the Commission in 1967 and 1968. Also include published materials on the Commission's activities in 1973.

Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Eliza Paschall, Executive Director of the Greater Atlanta Council on Human Relations. Topics include the Council's participation in a 1966 federal study of housing discrimination in urban areas, the Council's 1965 investigation into employment discrimination at an Atlanta bakery, and the Council's research on apprenticeship and training opportunities for African Americans in Atlanta.

Consists of correspondence and documents related to the 1971-1972 strike of African American employees at the Derst Baking Company in Savanna, Georgia. Contents include correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with local union leaders in Savannah, a letter from Savannah lawyer Aaron Buchsbaum to Kehrer discussing tensions between the strikers and Jewish grocers in Savannah, and fliers for rallies in support of the strike held at Savannah churches.

Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer regarding the Black Image Theatre project. Funded by the Model Cities Program, the Greater Atlanta Arts Council planned the creation of a community theatre that would produce works by African American playwrights and authors, and Kehrer assisted the council in finding union labor for the project. Also includes reports on the Greater Atlanta Arts Council's activities.

Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff and executives of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (BNA), regarding a labor dispute between BNA and employees represented by the American Newspaper Guild. In response to reports that BNA had illegal quashed union organizing, Kehrer cancelled his office's subscriptions to BNA publications. Also includes a National Labor Relations Board report on the dispute.

Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Jack Patterson, Atlanta Bureau Chief for Business Week magazine. Kehrer provides Patterson with a list of southern labor officials, and comments on a November 1965 Business Week article on rising union membership among African Americans in the South.

Consists of documents related to the 1975 protests and riots against busing for school integration in Louisville, Kentucky. Contents include correspondence between labor officials and union members regarding the activities of United Labor Against Busing, an organization of local union members opposed to the busing program, as well as newspaper articles and a series of reports from the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights detailing school and housing segregation in Louisville.

Consists of documents related to the 1974-1976 protests and riots against busing for school integration in Boston, Massachusetts. Contents include a 1975 proposal by the American Arbitration Association to create an independent, impartial conflict resolution program that would serve Boston schools and neighborhoods, as well as newspaper articles on the busing conflict.

Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with other members of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics include Kehrer's activities as head of the Church's Community Action Committee and a resolution adopted by Church members in support of food relief. Also includes a program proposal from Community Arts, Inc., an Atlanta arts organization that sought support from Central Presbyterian Church.

Consists of documents related to the 1969 strike of African American hospital workers at the Medical College of South Carolina Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. Contents include notes of E.T. Kehrer on strike organizing, a collection of newspapers articles on the strike created by the healthcare workers' union Local 1199, and an edition of Local 1199's monthly magazine containing reports on the strike and statements by Coretta Scott King, one of the strike organizers.

Consists of correspondence and documents related to a series of Citizens' Conferences on Hunger held in 1974. Contents include correspondence related to the organization and publicity of the initial conference held in June 1974 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as documents from a July 1974 conference held in Jackson, Mississippi, and an August 1974 conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, organized by E.T. Kehrer and Jean Childs Young.

Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (CCR). Topics include the CCR's participation in projects to promote affirmative action in the textile industry and E.T. Kehrer's activities as a member of the CCR Georgia State Advisory Committee in 1967. Also includes a 1972 statement from the CCR criticizing Richard Nixon's opposition to busing for school integration.

Consists of documents related to the activities of the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE). Contents include a 1966 report on the Democratic Party primary elections in Alabama, a 1967 report on COPE's 1967 national leadership meetings, instructional guides on how to conduct fundraising and voter registration drives, COPE brochures and other promotional material, and election statistics.