- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Project: Affirmative Action Committee
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Tennessee-Tombigbee Affirmative Action Coordinating Committee
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Minority Peoples Council on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Paris, Wendell
Recruitment and Training Program, Inc.
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
National Rural Council - Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- Waterways
Civil engineering
Canals
Construction industry
Affirmative action programs
Rural development
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Tennessee-Tombigbee Affirmative Action Coordinating Committee
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Minority Peoples Council on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Recruitment and Training Program, Inc. - People:
- Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Paris, Wendell
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists of correspondence, documents, and newspaper articles related to the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, particularly affirmative action and local preference hiring policies for the project. Includes a Minority Peoples Council on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (MPCTTW) statement criticizing the governance of the Waterway project for failure to prioritize development benefits to poor, Black, and indigenous populations in the Waterway area.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/92235
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1989-17_04_2835_004, Series IV: Affirmative Action Files, 1967-1987, AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta
- Extent:
- 106 pages
- Original Collection:
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Project: Affirmative Action Committee
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/433
2835
Series IV: Affirmative Action Files, 1967-1987
AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department records (L1989-17) - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
