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AFT: Human Rights and Community Relations Department 1965-1975 3 Linear Feet AFT: Human Rights and Community Relations Department 1965-1975 3 linear feet Accession #348 DALNET# OCLC# The Human Rights and Community Relations Department of the American Federation of Teachers was created by Vice President Richard Parrish October 2, 1966. Before the official department was created it was a standing committee and then a permanent committee with in the executive council. The department was created as an office in the AFT that would be responsible for collecting and distributing information about the government, education and community policies and programs dealing with civil and human rights. The most important duty of the department is to guide the AFT in any “involvement with or commitment to labor and other organizations concerned with civil and human rights.” The bulk of the materials in this collection deals with the Racism in Education conference that the AFT sponsored throughout the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Other materials are general subject files and correspondence to and from the Civil Rights Department. Subjects Education - Education Reform Racism in Textbooks Education - High Schools - Curricula Teacher Strikes - San Francisco Education - School Segregation Oceanhill-Brownsville Education - Urban Education Important Correspondence Eugene Didier Don Slaiman Shirely Gold Marjorie Stern Louis T. Hurt Mark Stone Sandra Feldman Albert Shanker Len Lewis David Selden Mary Ellen Riordan Richard Parish Dr.Harvey Scribner Ann Ponder Contents 6 manuscript boxes Series I. Conferences and Meetings, 1965-1975, Boxes 1 - 5 Correspondences, clippings, reports, minutes, speeches, questionnaires, notes from meetings. Series II. Subject, 1965-1972, Boxes 5-6 Correspondence, clippings, speeches, and reports to and from the Human Rights and Community Relations Department of the AFT. Series I Conferences and Meetings 1965-1975 Box 1-5 Series 1 consists of correspondence and materials between various states and city locals to the civil rights committee/department. This series also has information about the education and racism conferences that the AFT. These materials contain speeches, notes, minutes, clippings, reports, pamphlets and flyers from the conferences as well as how various locals and state federations handled racism and desegregation in their districts. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject or by type of material. Box 1 1. Baltimore, 1972 2. Boston, 1974 3. California, 1967-1972 4. “ “ 1974 5. Chicago, 1968-1974 6-7. Chicago; Education vs. Racism Conference, 1968 8. Chicago; Charles Hamilton speech at Education vs. Racism conf., 1968 9. Cincinnati, 1974 10. Cleveland, 1968-1975 11. Denver; Education vs. Racism Conference, 1966-1968 12-13. Detroit; Racism in Education, 1967 14. Detroit/East Detroit, 1970-1975 15. Connecticut, 1969-1972 16. Erie, Pennsylvania, 1968 17. Florida, 1969-1974 18. Gary, Indiana; Black convention, Mar 1972 19. Iowa, 1973-1974 20. Kansas City, Missouri, 1974 Box 2 1. Los Angeles, 1968 2. Michigan, 1968-1974 3. Michigan, 1972 4. Minnesota, 1969-1972 5. New York City, 1967-1969 6. New York City, 1971-1975 7-8. New Orleans, 1970-1974 9. New Orleans; NEA Task force on school desegregation in Louisiana, 1970 10. Newark, 1969-1974 11. Oakland, California, 1969-1971 12. Philadelphia; Racism in Education Conference, 1966 13 “ “ 1965-1968 Box 3 1. Philadelphia, 1968-1975 3. Portland, Oregon, 1968-1970 4. St. Louis; Racism in Education, 1968 5. “ “ Decentralization workshop, 1969 6. Washington, DC., 1968-1971 7. Washington, DC., Negro History Conference; registered guests, 1966 8-9. “ “ “ “ “ “ 1966, 1 of 2 10. “ “ “ “ “ “ Keith Baird speech 11. “ “ “ “ “ “ Lerone Bennett speech 12. “ “ “ “ “ “ Robert Bone speech 13. “ “ “ “ “ “ John Hearik Clarke speech 14. “ “ “ “ “ “ Charles Cogen speech Box 4 1. “ “ “ “ “ St. Clair Drake speech, 1966 2. “ “ “ “ “ John Franklin speech, 1966 3. “ “ “ “ “ William Kelly speech, 1966 4. “ “ “ “ “ James McPherson speech, 1966 5. “ “ “ “ “ Ken Start, 1966 6. “ “ “ “ Charles Wesley Speech, 1966 7. Washington State, 1966-1967 8. Racism in Education Conference, clippings, 1966 9. Racism in Education Conference; mix materials, 1966-1967 10-11. Racism in Education Questionnaires, 1969 Series II Subjects 1965-1972 Series 2 contains various subject matters to the Civil Rights department. Materials range from correspondence about the subjects to news clippings, flyers, booklets, reports and speeches. Files are arranged alphabetically Box 4 12 Afro-American Newspapers, 1967-1968 13 AFT; amicus brief: Hobson vs. Hansen, 1966 14. AFT; Committee on Civil Rights; memorandums, 1967-1969 15 AFT; Committee on Civil Rights; memorandums, 1969-1972 16. AFT Civil Rights committee; school desegregation, 1970 Box 5 1. AFT; Civil Rights Department; correspondence, 1967-1972 2. “ “ “ “ Conference on School Decentralization, 1968 3. AFT; Equal Education for All, 1970 4. AFT; misc. materials, 1970-1972 5 American Teacher correspondence; re: civil rights, 1970 6. Canfield Journal, 1967 7-8. Curriculum materials, 1967 9. Effects on Discrimination upon children and youth, 1967 10. Guidelines for school desegregation in big cities; drafts, 1970 11. Heritage bulletin, Influence of African language on American language, 1965 12. La Raza, 1970 13 Misc. publications, 1972 14. Misc. papers and speeches on civil rights, 1968-1971 15. Misc. papers on racism, 1965-1967 Box 6 1. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1968 2. NEA; Recommendations to NEA taskforce on Human Rights, 1968 3. Negro in Revolt; Cleveland public library, 1967 4 - 5. News articles, 1966-1971 6. “ “ Baton Rouge Crisis, 1972 7. “ “ Carnasie Crisis, 1972 8. Negro freedom movement: an annotated bibliography, 1967 9. Port Royal experiment: the story of the black experience during the Civil War, 1970 10. Pamphlets, flyers, booklets, 1970 11. Poor People’s Campaign, 1968 12. Racism, 1965-1968 13-14. San Francisco; strike, 1968-1969 15. Segal, Ben speech, 1967 16. Student as a nigger, Jerry Farber, n.d. 17. Treatment of Negroes in American history textbooks, 1965 18-19 US commission on civil rights papers and materials, 1967 20 White Plains, NY; racial balance plan, 1965 AV collection of the Human Rights and Community Relations Department: Photograph - one unidentified Photograph - Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Cesar Chavez shaking hands with Frank Sullivan, president of the PFT, 1972 (?) Poster - “Teachers Are Failing - Indian People Speak Out”, n.d. Walter P. Reuther Library Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs Wayne State University Archives AFT: Human Rights and Community Relations Department Records, Part II 1960-2005 (Bulk 1976-2000) 18.5 Linear Feet Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Finding aid written by Lauren Olszewski - June, 2012. Accession Number: 348 Creator: American Federation of Teachers Human Rights and Community Relations Department Acquisition: The AFT Human Rights and Community Relations Department Records were deposited at the Walter P. Reuther Library in June, 2007. This collection is the second deposit. Language: The bulk of the material is in English, some Spanish materials. Access: The material is open to researchers. Use: Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials. Restrictions: Some sensitive material is found in the collection including case files, legal, and private matters. Privacy laws and restrictions imposed by the Library prohibit the use of names and other personal information, which might identify an individual, except with written permission from the Director and/or the donor. Notes: Citation style: "AFT Human Rights and Community Relations Department Records, Box [#], Folder [#], Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University" Related Material: Audio and video tapes were removed and transferred to the Walter P. Reuther Audiovisual Department. The first accrual of this collection is available at the Walter P. Reuther Library: AFT Human Rights and Community Relations Department Records, 1965-1975 LR000348_HRCR PLEASE NOTE: Material in this collection is arranged by series only, and not within each individual folder. Arrangement is based on the original order of the records and individual subjects may be found throughout the collection. Walter P. Reuther Library Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs Wayne State University Archives Abstract: The American Federation of Teachers Human Rights and Community Relations Department was formed in 1966. The department began as a means to research and share information pertaining to civil and human rights within the education sector. Beginning with a focus on racism in education, the department has evolved and taken on an advocacy and educative role with respect to women’s rights, LGBT rights, and multicultural groups. The department also supports many national and community organizations which focus on education, civil and human rights. The bulk of the collection deals with black history, race relations and women’s rights on both national and local levels. The collection consists of AFT files as well as meeting and conference information. The department maintained a large section of subject files relating to civil and human rights in education. Materials in this collection include booklets, correspondence, flyers, legal proceedings, memos, minutes, meeting materials, news articles and clippings, newsletters, notes, pamphlets, planning documents, policy documents, proposals, reports, resolution documents, and speeches. Important Subjects Affirmative Action Education
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