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Field name | Value |
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Title | Newspaper Clippings, June 1959 |
Reference | MSS 427, Box 4, 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 | Jun 1959 |
Document Type | Newspaper |
Theme(s) | Education and Training; Legislation and Legal Cases |
Keywords | schools, desegregation, integration, students, legislation, equality, politics, racial tensions, religion, legal cases, community organisations |
Places | Atlanta, Georgia; Florida; Virginia; Little Rock, Arkansas |
Organisations/Associations | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); HOPE Inc. |
Additional Information | Newspaper articles from the Atlanta Constitution, the Atlanta Journal, the Georgia Journal the Macon Telegraph, and the Griffin Daily News. Included is literature from HOPE Inc., returned to them with the comment "All I hope is you and all your kind will move to Africa. Signed [illegible]. Why don't you openly join the NAACP with Mayor Harsfield!" written in pen at the bottom of the paper. |
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, July 1959 |
Copyright | Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center |