Description:

Key themes covered include:

• Desegregation of schools, industries and public transport – survey material documents the attitudes of the community towards prospective desegregation, as well as analyzing the results. The progress of legislation and legal cases can also be explored within the collection.
• Migration of African Americans from the rural South to urban centers, which had a significant impact on American industry and the labor movement, as well as domestic issues such as housing, overcrowding and poverty.
• The role of the Church in the Civil Rights Movement and in African American communities, from helping to fund organizations like the Race Relations Institute, to the part played in encouraging integration or segregation among their congregations.
• Race riots and other racial tensions, which the Race Relations Department worked to diffuse or prevent by aiding communities to identify and address their problems.
• Activities of the Civil Rights Movement, including protest marches, sit-in demonstrations, student movements, and legal cases.

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