- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Poor Peoples Corporation, correspondence, 1966
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E.T., 1921-1996
Maslow, Ellen
Poor People's Corporation - Date of Original:
- 1966
- Subject:
- Labor leaders
Civil rights workers
Cooperative societies
African American business enterprises
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Poor People's Corporation
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) - People:
- Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Maslow, Ellen
Slaiman, Donald, 1919-2000
Morris, Jesse T. - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Ellen Maslow, New York Coordinator for the Poor People's Corporation, a project of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) dedicated to helping establish and promote African American business cooperatives. Maslow wrote Kehrer requesting AFL-CIO assistance for the Corporation, and Kehrer directed her to AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department director Don Slaiman. Also includes Poor People's Corporation publicity materials and a catalog of goods.
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/26097
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1983-26_05_1605_188, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 13 pages
- Original Collection:
- Poor Peoples Corporation, correspondence, 1966
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/571
1605
Subject Files, 1964-1978
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26) - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
