Southern Regional Council
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records: Series C: Third term mayoral records
Series — Box 1-162
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0075c
Scope and contents
The Third Term Series represents Jackson's final term as Mayor of Atlanta, during the years of 1989 to 1993; it is also the largest series in the collection. In the beginning of Jackson's third term, a Transitional Task Force was established to identify candidates for administrative appointments and staffing, the creation of departments, organizational structure and policy. Also during this term, Jackson was working diligently to bring the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games to Atlanta. This...
Dates:
1989-1994
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Series 3: Writings By Others
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131j
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The series is comprised of manuscripts and published works (circa 1946-1969) written by persons, or produced by groups, other than Martin Luther King, Jr., including members of the King family, SCLC staff, and other groups and leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as literary figures. Content of the documents encompasses issues central to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States; Gandhian philosophy and nonviolence; organized labor in the United States; Christian ethics and...
Dates:
1946-1969
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Series 12: Printed Materials
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131r
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The series consists of magazines, journals, newspapers, pamphlets, brochures, event programs, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings and various ephemera, primarily related to Martin Luther King, Jr. and his work as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement (1855-1985, bulk 1966-1968).
Dates:
1966-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General E-K
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131b
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains correspondence between Martin Luther King, Jr. and various individuals and organizations from 1953 to 1968. There are letters, telegrams, greeting cards, carbon copies, postcards, invitations, and hate mail. The correspondence is primarily professional, often accompanied by enclosures, with few personal letters. Among the topics discussed are civil rights, discrimination, SCLC activities, politics, equal employment, education, housing, passive resistance, poverty,...
Dates:
1951-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General S-Z
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131d
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains correspondence between Martin Luther King, Jr. and various individuals and organizations from 1953 to 1968. There are letters, telegrams, greeting cards, carbon copies, postcards, invitations, and hate mail. The correspondence is primarily professional often accompanied by enclosures, with few personal letters. Among the topics discussed are civil rights, discrimination, SCLC activities, politics, equal...
Dates:
1936-1968
John H. Wheeler collection
Collection — Box 1-225
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0133
Scope and contents note
This collection documents the life and work of John H. Wheeler, a businessman, bank president, community leader, civil rights activist, and lawyer. The collection spans the years from 1897 to 1978 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1950-1978. The majority of the collections consists of items related to the organizations that Wheeler was associated with, both local to Durham, NC and national organizations. Included in the collection are materials related to Wheeler's career as a...
Dates:
1897-1978; Majority of material found within 1940-1978
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- African Americans -- Economic conditions 5
- African Americans--Civil rights 5
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta 4
- Nobel Prizes 4
- African Americans -- Housing 3
- African Americans -- Politics and government 3
- African Americans -- Segregation 3
- African Americans--Religion 3
- Black power 3
- Communism--United States. 3
- Crime 3
- Labor 3
- Race discrimination 3
- Vietnam War (1961-1975) 3
- African American Baptists 2
- African American press 2
- African American student movements 2
- African Americans--Education 2
- African Americans--Social conditions 2
- Apartheid 2
- Ephemera 2
- Illinois--Chicago 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Correspondence. 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Oratory. 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Public appearances. 2
- Passive resistance. 2
- Poor People’s Campaign. 2
- Publications 2
- Race relations 2
- Records and correspondence 2
- Riots. 2
- Slums. 2
- Voter registration 2
- Affirmative action programs 1
- Africa 1
- African American Muslims 1
- African American business enterprises 1
- African American civic leaders 1
- Alabama 1
- Alabama -- Birmingham 1
- Alabama--Montgomery 1
- Budget 1
- Education--Religion 1
- Florida -- Tallahassee 1
- Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948--Philosophy. 1
- Georgia -- Albany 1
- Hunger--United States. 1
- India 1
- Israel 1
- Judaism--United States. 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Philosophy. 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Political and social views. 1
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 1
- Mississippi 1
- New York (State)--New York 1
- Nobel prize winners. 1
- Nonviolence. 1
- North Carolina 1
- North Carolina--Durham County 1
- Nuclear energy. 1
- Nutrition--United States. 1
- Olympics 1
- Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity. 1
- Pacifism--Religious aspects--Judaism. 1
- Playboy interviews. 1
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