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.

Newsletter from the National Council of Negro Women on Mississippi planning news and news from around the country. 6 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Report on volunteer work, areas of work, and task forces and their leaders. 9 pages.
Memorandum discussing a Women's Leadership Development Institute for Community Relations in 1965. 1 page.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Letter to Mrs. Tilly discussing the need for longer term plans since the passing of the Civil Rights Bill, and need to collect funds. 2 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Memorandum on related organizations and state and city groups of the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights. 1 page.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Memorandum and budget on the review of Committee Operations from the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights. 14 pages.
List or Steering Committee Members and Consultants to the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights. 2 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Memorandum about the financial position of the Steering Committee. 1 page.
Newsletter of the Minnesota Women's Committee on Civil Rights discussing conferences and workshops. 2 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Program from the Minnesota Conference on Religion and Race, listing agenda and program speakers. 6 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
Letter to Mrs. Tilly requesting copies of November meeting to share. 1 page.
Correspondence and news form the League of Women Voters of Georgia concerning discrimination in voting registration and upcoming legislation and elections. 6 pages.
Correspondences about Georgia legislature, along with "Registration and Voting" newsletters, listing state-by-state news from the League of Women Voters Education Fund. 24 pages.
Letter calling for a steering committee meeting to support President Johnson in his new role. 1 page.
Thank you letter to Mrs. Tilly of the Southern Regional Council on the Selma, Alabama reports. 1 page.
Statement about integrity of elections and voter suppression, with suggestions for changes. 3 pages.
Statement on suffrage and elections, with suggested changes to legislation. 2 pages.
Letter from the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights talking about the first meeting in Washington and the principals of the organization, staffing and finance. 4 pages.
Southern Regional Council Papers
List of steering committee members of the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights. 3 pages.