Southern Regional Council Records
| Creator | Southern Regional Council |
| Description | The Southern Regional Council was formed as the Commission on Interracial Cooperation in 1919, with the goals of improving relations between blacks and whites and achieving an unsegregated society. In 1944, the Commission was succeeded by the Southern Regional Council, a non-profit and non-denominational organization which was founded to continue to strive for racial equality and harmony in the South. The Southern Regional Council is organized into State Divisions and local groups, with its main headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. A basic function of the Southern Regional Council is to provide factual information on race relations and related matters to individuals and public, private, and official agencies. To this end, a library and research facility are maintained, original studies are undertaken and published, and special projects and services are supported. In addition, such Southern Regional Council publications as New South help to advance the objectives of the organization. This collection consists of annual reports of the executive director, brochures, memoranda, news releases, published and mimeographed reports, research projects, special reports, speeches, and studies. Three items are of particular interest: “A Report on School Desegregation for 1960-1961, 1960″, ” Sanctuaries for Tradition: Virginia’s New Private Schools by Mary Ellen Goodman, 1961″ and ” School Desegregation: Old Problems Under a New Law, 1965″ |
| Call number | SRC |
| Date from | 1944 |
| Date to | 1966 |
| Geographic school | Virginia |
| Size | 1 linear ft. |
| Access restrictions yes/no | n |
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| Part Of larger collection yes/no | N |
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| Repository | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Repository address | 801 S. Morgan Street, Room 3-330 Chicago IL |
| Repository contact name | Sonia Yaco |
| Repository contact title | Asst. Professor & Special Collections Librarian |
| Repository contact email | http://library.uic.edu/home/services/ask-a-librarian |
| Repository contact phone | (312) 996-2742 |
| DoveRegion | (outside of Virginia) |
| Subjects | Southern Regional Council |
| Types | o Reports
o Speeches o Brochures |