- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Project: "White Paper" by Minority Peoples Council on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Minority Peoples Council on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Valder, Robert J.
Zippert, John - Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- Waterways
Civil engineering
Canals
Construction industry
Affirmative action programs
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Minority Peoples Council on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - People:
- Valder, Robert J.
Zippert, John - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists of a report by John Zippert of the Minority Peoples Council on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and Robert Valder of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project. The report criticizes the lack of minority involvement in the governance of the Waterway project, particularly in the case of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority, and makes recommendations to improve affirmative action hiring and rural development commitments for the project.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/94530
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1989-17_04_2837_006, 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:
- 150 pages
- Original Collection:
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Project: "White Paper" by Minority Peoples Council on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/433
2837
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:
-
