- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, correspondence, 1966, 1970, 1972
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E.T., 1921-1996
Kruger, W. Stanley
United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Georgia. State Department of Family and Children Services
AFL-CIO - Date of Original:
- 1966
1970
1972 - Subject:
- Labor leaders
Social service
Public welfare
Child welfare
School integration
Segregation
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Georgia. State Department of Family and Children Services
AFL-CIO
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964 - People:
- Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Kruger, W. Stanley
Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with staff of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Contents include letters from Kehrer to HEW staff, including Secretary John W. Gardner, urging strong enforcement of HEW's 1966 policies on integration in school and healthcare services. Also includes statements from the AFL-CIO opposing
The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship and training programs; a wide range of groups and persons concerned with community action and social reform issues, principally in the field of civil rights; and political figures. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/19145
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1983-26_05_1603_149, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 24 pages
- Original Collection:
- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, correspondence, 1966, 1970, 1972
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/532
1603
Subject Files, 1964-1978
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26) - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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