Box 1602

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer regarding cases investigated by grand jury in Cobb County, Georgia. Topics include Cobb County home rule, road improvements, and a petition brought by Kehrer and other Cobb County homeowners to investigate loss of water service to local homes.

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Consists of correspondence and documents related to a project of the Community Council of the Atlanta Area (CCAA) to develop a community coordinated child care (4-C) program in Atlanta. Contents include correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with other members of the 4-C project, documents explaining the 4-C concept, project staff directories, and the funding proposal for the project submitted by CCAA to the Office of Economic Opportunity.

Scope and Contents Consists of documents related to the March 1977 National Conference on Increasing Participation of Blacks in Vocational Education, held on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. Contents include notes from E.T. Kehrer and William Pollard, who attended the conference and led workshops, as well as conference programs, attendee lists, and materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Black Americans in Vocational Education (NAABAVE), which organized the conference....

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Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with James A. Cogswell, Director of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) Task Force on World Hunger. Topics include Kehrer's participation as a member of the Task Force and planning for the May 1973 Consultation on World Hunger and Development meeting, held in Athens, Georgia. Also includes documents from the PCUS and the National Council of Churches (NCC) on hunger, international development, and agricultural labor.

Scope and Contents Consists of a letter to E.T. Kehrer from Jackie Cook of Community Coordinated Child Care of Metropolitan Atlanta, requesting that Kehrer intervene in a dispute between the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Day Care and Child Development Council of America over control of federally-funded child care services. Contents include congressional testimony of AFT President Al Shanker, in which he calls for federally-funded child care services to be administered through public school...

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence and documents related to the 1965 strike of farmworkers in the Mississippi Delta, organized by the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union (MFLU), Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), and the Delta Ministry. Contents include a report by E.T. Kehrer on his interviews with strikers, MFLU organizers, and Delta Ministry members, a report by Mississippi AFL-CIO President Claude Ramsay criticizing the feasibility of organizing temporary farm laborers, and a July 1965...

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Consists of the March 1972 and May 1972 issues of the Delta Ministry's monthly newsletter. The March issue primarily discusses the seating of Mississippi's delegates to the 1972 Democratic National Convention, and the May issues primarily discusses several cases of violence against African-Americans in Mississippi. Also includes part of a document describing the involvement of the Delta Ministry in supporting James Meredith's 1966 March Against Fear.

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Consists of correspondence and documents of the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity (ESCRU). Contents include a letter from ESCRU director John B. Morris to Joseph I. Rauh, Jr. of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and a report produced by ESCRU to provide guidelines for the response of the Episcopal Church to urban unrest. Also includes an open letter of African American Episcopal clergy to Church leadership, calling for racial equality in Church institutions.

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Carolyn M. Kilpatrick regarding a funding proposal for Family Advisory Service, an organization intended to provide counseling, legal aid, and financial planning assistance to working families. Kehrer notes that unions had begun seeking such services for their members, and suggests that the proposal be rewritten to emphasize services to beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Also includes the Family Advisory...

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Consists of a survey conducted by the Florida Council on Human Relations (FCHR) to identify discrimination by the Florida State Employment Service. Members of the FCHR observed and interviewed staff at offices of the Florida State Employment Service and reported their findings, primarily that services appeared to be nondiscriminatory and integrated, but that there were few African American staff members. Includes survey from five cities.

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Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer in his role as President of the Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger (GCCH), primarily with GCCH Directors J. Andrew Lipscomb and Rick Bent, who managed the GCCH Food Stamp Outreach Program. Topics include funding of GCCH and the Outreach program, efforts to expand food stamp usage and accessibility in Georgia, and the organization of opposition to food stamp reforms backed by Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge

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Consists of documents related to the Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger (GCCH) and its Food Stamp Outreach Program. Contents include minutes of meetings of the GCCH Board, the GCCH articles of incorporation and by-laws, GCCH budget materials, the initial 1974 proposal for the GCCH Food Stamp Outreach Program, reports on the operations of the Outreach Program, and statistics on food stamp usage in Georgia counties.

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff and individuals involved with the Georgia Council on Economic Education (GCEE), a branch of the Joint Council on Economic Education founded in 1972 to improve economics instruction in Georgia colleges and universities. Contents include requests for Kehrer's participation in workshops and courses, discussion of a dispute over Georgia State University's role in supporting the GCEE, and a letter to Kehrer from AFL-CIO economist Nathaniel...