The Southern Regional Council is a reform-oriented organization created in 1944 with its roots in the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. The organization was founded to help avoid racial violence and promote racial equality in the Southern United States. The collection includes newsletters, memos, correspondence, reports, programs, statements, and pamphlets from various organizations, such as the League of Women Voters, the National Council of Negro Women, and the National Women’s Committee for Civil Rights. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
Apr 13, 2020

Southern Regional Council Papers

The Southern Regional Council is a reform-oriented organization created in 1944 with its roots in the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. The organization was founded to help avoid racial violence and promote racial equality in the Southern United States. The collection includes newsletters, memos, correspondence, reports, programs, statements, and pamphlets from various organizations, such as the League of Women Voters, the National Council of Negro Women, and the National Women’s Committee for Civil Rights.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
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  • Decade = 1940-1949
Statement Submitted by the League of Women Voters of the U. S. to the House Committee on Ways and Means in Opposition to Tax Reduction (H.R. 1). 1 page.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Congressional Statement From the League of Women Voters, March 13, 1947
Date Created
1947-03-13
Description
Statement Submitted by the League of Women Voters of the U. S. to the House Committee on Ways and Means in Opposition to Tax Reduction (H.R. 1). 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers
Booklet from the League of Women Voters on equality, economics, education, and government. 5 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
"Action", January 1947
Date Created
1947-01
Description
Booklet from the League of Women Voters on equality, economics, education, and government. 5 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers
Flyer urging concern of inflation and how it can lead to an economic depression. 2 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
"Now- It's Up To You", November 1946
Date Created
1946-11
Description
Flyer urging concern of inflation and how it can lead to an economic depression. 2 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers
Letter in expressing interest in pamphlet from the League of Women Voters. 1 page.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Correspondence From Guy B. Johnson to Anna Lord Strauss , December 12, 1945
Date Created
1945-12-12
Description
Letter in expressing interest in pamphlet from the League of Women Voters. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers
Correspondences about the participation of minorities in League of Women Voter's groups. 1 page.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Correspondence Between Guy B. Johnson to Mrs. Wilder Foote , December 12, 1945
Date Created
1945-12-12
Description
Correspondences about the participation of minorities in League of Women Voter's groups. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers
Letter in thanks of interest of the League of Women Voters and sending publications for distribution. 1 page.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Correspondence From Guy B. Johnson to Mrs. Wilder Foote , November 21, 1945
Date Created
1945-11-21
Description
Letter in thanks of interest of the League of Women Voters and sending publications for distribution. 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers
Booklet request for copies of "Government and Our Minorities". 1 page.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Correspondence from League of Women Voters, November 1, 1945
Date Created
1945-11-01
Description
Booklet request for copies of "Government and Our Minorities". 1 page.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers
Letters thanking for contribution to The League of Women Voters and expressions of happiness for progress of racial justice. 4 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Correspondence Between Guy B. Johnson and Mrs. Sterne, November 1945
Date Created
1945-11
Description
Letters thanking for contribution to The League of Women Voters and expressions of happiness for progress of racial justice. 4 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers
Booklet from the D. C. League of Women Voters. 3 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
"Our Minorities and the World Order", May 1945
Date Created
1945-05
Description
Booklet from the D. C. League of Women Voters. 3 pages.
Subject
African American women, African Americans--Civil rights, African American civil rights workers, Suffrage
Collection
Southern Regional Council Papers