MSS 785 Columbus Area Civil Rights Council Records

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MSS 785
Columbus Area Civil
Rights Council Records
1 cubic foot
Preliminary inventory
Collection Synopsis
Provenance: The Ohio Historical Society acquired the Columbus
Area Civil Rights Council Records as a gift of the council,
through the auspices of board member, Helen Hinterschied, in
February 1982. Jeanne Ontko processed the collection in March
1982. *
Property rights: The Ohio Historical Society owns the property
rights to this collection.
Copyrights: The council has dedicated such copyrights as it
possesses in this collection to the public. Consideration of
all copyrights is the responsibility of the author and publisher.
Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations
of the Ohio Historical Society.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite collection name,
collection number, and the Ohio Historical Society in all foot-note
and bibliographic references.
Transfer: Newsletters were transferred to the library department
in March 1982.
Organizational sketch: The Columbus Area Civil Rights Council
was founded in April 1964, in Columbus, Ohio. Reverend Russell
M. Jones organized the council as a non- profit organization
managed by a president, three vice- presidents, a secretary, and
a treasurer, with membership open to all citizens and groups.
The steering committee and board of directors oversaw the
council's activities and reported to the membership through the
monthly newsletter, Civil Rights News. The council's goals
included " equality of opportunity, justice, and dignity for all
people, particularly in education, employment, housing, police-community
relations, and prison reform." With the cooperation
of other agencies, the council acted upon these goals by develop-ing
Project QUIET ( Quality Integrated Education Tomorrow); the
Housing Opportunity Center of Metropolitan Columbus; and " Blue-print
for Action," a workshop to establish economic and educa-tional
opportunities for all races. Throughout the 1970s, the
council was involved in desegregation cases against the Columbus
public schools. The council held its last meeting in April 1980.
Sources: CACRC Records, MSS 785, OHS.
Scope and content: The records of the CACRC date from 1965 to
1975 and occupy one cubic foot. The collection contains meeting
minutes of the board of trustees, executive committee and steer-ing
committee, with correspondence, proposals, and constitutional
revisions also included. The records document the council's
position on, education, housing, employment, and citizen-- pol'< ce
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