School integration
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Chattanooga Area Labor Council records
Collection
Identifier: L1977-14
Abstract:
Chattanooga Area Labor Council Records includes correspondence, minutes, financial documents, legal papers, and printed materials, relating to the council, the merger of Chattanooga Industrial Union Council into it, politics, union elections, abolition of the poll tax, desegregation of public schools, Taft-Hartley Act, Tennessee laws concerning open and closed shops, Chattanooga Voters' Union, revision of the Tennessee State Constitution, and political education. Correspondents include Ross...
Dates:
1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1972
John Greer papers
Collection
Identifier: P1987-07M
Abstract:
John Greer was a Georgia politician. Greer's career in state politics began in 1939 when he became Clerk of the Georgia House of Representatives. Greer served a number of years as State Representative (1945-1954 from rural Lanier county, and 1970-1989 from urban Fulton county) and as State Senator. As a legislator, he served on the MARTA Overview Committee. Two 1940s laws which "unmasked" the Ku Klux Klan and provided for statewide secret ballot elections are among Greer's legislative...
Dates:
1948-1986
Found in:
Special Collections
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John Greer papers
Lee Ague Miller papers
Collection
Identifier: W131
Abstract
The Lee Ague Miller papers, 1960-1972, consist of political polling and campaign materials, newspaper clippings, legal documents, periodicals, and correspondence. These manuscript materials detail Lee Miller's leadership in the Republican Party (mostly in Georgia) during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Dates:
1953-2012
Found in:
Special Collections
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Lee Ague Miller papers
Southern Conference Educational Fund records
Collection
Identifier: L1991-13
Abstract:
Established in 1946 as the educational arm of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) became a separate organization in 1947. Originally based in New Orleans, Louisiana, its office later moved to Louisville, Kentucky, then to Atlanta, Georgia. SCEF was a leading proponent of integration and civil rights in the South, but internal disputes and financial problems led to its demise in the 1980s. The records of the Southern Conference...
Dates:
1958-1985