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Title Newspaper Clippings, 1 Feb 1959 – 5 Feb 1959
Reference MSS 427, Box 3, Folder 3
Library Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Collection Name H.O.P.E., INC. (Help Our Public Education) Records, 1954-1961, undated
Collection Overview The H.O.P.E., Inc. records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed and published materials generated by the organization from 1958-1961. Also included are records from other allied organizations such as Active Voters, OASIS, Partners for Progress, and the League of Women Voters of Atlanta. The records are also comprised of correspondence, newsletters and mailings from segregationist groups, and a vast quantity of newspaper clippings which document the school closure crisis in Virginia, Arkansas, and Georgia. The clippings are drawn from Georgia newspapers including the Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Constitution, Northside Neighbor, Augusta Courier, Marietta Daily Journal, and Metropolitan Herald. Collectively, these present a reasonably complete background of school integration in the South from 1958-1961.
Date 1-5 Feb 1959
Document Type Newspaper
Theme(s) Education and Training; Legislation and Legal Cases
Keywords schools, desegregation, integration, students, legislation, equality, politics, racial tensions, religion, youth
Places Atlanta, Georgia; Virginia
Organisations/Associations National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Additional Information Newspaper articles from the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal.
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the Atlanta History Center.
Document Linked to Newspaper Clippings, 6 Feb 1959 – 10 Feb 1959
Copyright Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center