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Field name | Value |
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Title | Newspaper Clippings, Nov. – Dec. 1959 |
Reference | MSS 427, Box 5, Folder 1 |
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 | Nov-Dec 1959 |
Document Type | Newspaper |
Theme(s) | Education and Training; Legislation and Legal Cases |
Keywords | schools, desegregation, integration, students, legislation, equality, politics, racial tensions, religion, protest march |
Places | Atlanta, Georgia; Little Rock, Arkansas; Charlotte, North Carolina |
People | King, Martin Luther, Jr |
Additional Information | Newspaper articles from the Atlanta Constitution, the Atlanta Journal, the Daily Times, and the Macon Times. |
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, 1960 |
Copyright | Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center |