Box 1605
Contains 20 Results:
Mississippi Woodcutters, 1971 - 1972
Model cities, 1969 - 1971
Consists of correspondence and documents related to the Atlanta Model Cities Program. Includes correspondence of North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council (NGBCTC) representative George B. Caudelle with Model Cities Program Director Johnny C. Johnson regarding NGBCTC involvement with Model Cities initiatives, as well as related meeting minutes. Also includes a 1970 progress report on the first year of the Model Cities Program.
National Association of Human Rights Workers, 1976
Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the National Association of Human Rights Workers (NAHRW), regarding the national NAHRW conference held October 1976 in Atlanta. Topics include planning for a panel on workers' rights to be led by Kehrer and featuring William Pollard, Cynthia McCaughan, Normal Hill, and Bruce Raynor. Also includes programs for the conference and materials from other conference sessions.
National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, 1966 - 1969
Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with James J. McGuire and John P. Sisson of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice (NCCIJ). Topics include plans to coordinate opposition to a 1966 sales tax increase in Louisiana and plans for the activity of the NCCIJ's Project Equality initiative. Also includes a 1969 Commonweal magazine article on Walter Reuther, forwarded to Kehrer by Sisson.
National Center for Research and Information of Equal Educational Opportunity, 1970 - 1971
Consists of four newsletters of the National Center for Research and Information of Equal Educational Opportunity (NCRIEEO) containing book reviews and articles on school integration and educational equality, including a bibliography on the training of student teachers for integrated schools and an article on the value of African American newspapers as educational tools.
National Council of Christians and Jews, 1965, 1971, 1974
Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ). Topics include planning for a 1965 dialogue series on labor-management relations and the public interest.
National Institute of Labor Education, 1964 - 1965
Consists of correspondence and documents of the National Institute of Labor Education (NILE). Contents include 1965 correspondence between NILE Director Joseph Mire, Southern Regional Council Director Leslie Dunbar, and E.T. Kehrer regarding the planning and funding of a program of training workshops for union members on human relations and social issues, proposal documents for that program, and a report by Mire on one of the workshops held at the University of Georgia in 1966.
Newsclippings, 1965 - 1966
Consists of newspaper articles primarily related to 1966 gubernatorial elections in southern U.S. states. Topics include the attempt of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to organize a boycott of the 1966 Alabama Democratic Party primary, Alabama gubernatorial candidate Richmond Flowers' efforts to gain support from African American voters, and the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election between Lester Maddox and Bo Callaway.
North Carolina wage survey, 1975
Consists of a 1975 report by researchers in the Department of City and Regional Planning of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the wage gap between workers in North Carolina and workers in the U.S. nationally.
Novik, M. S., 1965 - 1967
Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with broadcaster and AFL-CIO Communications Consultant Morris S. Novik. Topics include 1965-1967 efforts by Kehrer and Novik to encourage Georgia public radio stations to carry programming by AFL-CIO-sponsored journalist Edward P. Morgan under the equal time rule.
Pollution and environment, 1970 - 1971
Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Georgia state officials regarding issues related to pollution and natural resources. Topics include thanks sent by Kehrer to Governor Jimmy Carter for imposing a moratorium on development near a section of the Chattahoochee River, as well as a statement from Fulton County Commissioner Goodwyn Cates explaining his position on the development issue.
Poor Peoples Corporation, 1966
Poverty, 1965 - 1966
Presbyterian Church [Board of Christian Education], 1967 - 1968
Right to Work laws, 1965 - 1966
Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Georgia legislators encouraging them to support repeal of section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act, which allows for the creation of state right-to-work laws. Also includes newspaper articles on the 1965-1966 effort to repeal section 14B and publicity materials supporting the repeal.
Sanders, Carl E. [Governor], 1965 - 1966
Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Georgia Governor Carl Sanders. Contents include a letter from Kehrer encouraging Sanders to have the Georgia Tech-based radio station WGSU carry programming by the AFL-CIO-sponsored Edward P. Morgan under the equal time rule, as well as an invitation from Sanders for Kehrer to attend the 1966 Georgia Governor's Conference on Education.
Schools, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966
Consists of documents related to educational policy and school integration. Contents include a 1960 address by H. McKinley Conway, Jr. arguing against closing DeKalb County public schools to avoid integration, the text of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and a 1966 report from the Ford Foundation's Educational Facilities Laboratories on school design for urban areas.
Selma Inter-Religious Project, 1966
Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Selman Inter-religious Project (SIP) Director Francis X. Walker, regarding a campaign organized by the SIP to force timber company Macmillan Bloedel and Powell River to commit to fair employment practices in its Alabama operations. Also includes a March 1966 SIP newsletter.
Sharecroppers, 1965 - 1967
Consists of correspondence and documents of E.T. Kehrer related to assistance programs for sharecroppers in the U.S. south. Contents include letters from representatives of the National Sharecroppers Fund requesting input from Kehrer on the Fund's rural training projects, a proposal from the Southern Consumers' Cooperative for the establishment of an educational foundation, and a Southern Consumers' Cooperative brochure.
Soul City, 1969 - 1970
Consists of newspaper articles and documents related to Soul City, North Carolina, an African American-majority community planned by former Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Director Floyd B. McKissick and incorporated in 1969. Contents includes the articles of incorporation of the Soul City Foundation and a Soul City promotional brochure.