Atlanta Community Relations Commission
The Atlanta Community Relations Commission (ACRC) was a community action group created in November 1966 by the City of Atlanta. The group was charged with investigating discrimination and race relations in Atlanta, reporting recommendations to the Mayor of Atlanta to improve relations in the city.[1] The group served as a direct liaison between city hall and groups in the Atlanta community, and they held regular town halls to "hear residents’ concerns, take them to city officials and departments, returning to each neighborhood thirty days later to report on actions taken, thereby creating continuous discussions where residents’ saw results from their voiced concerns".[2] Although Atlanta had developed a reputation as "the city too busy to hate," that reputation was often fostered by people who would benefit from it.[3] The commission addressed wide-ranging instances of discrimination, from school desegregation to trailer camps.[4]: 189 [5]: 251 The Commission's first LGBT representative was appointed in June 1972.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Collection: Atlanta Community Relations Commission collection | Archives Research Center". findingaids.auctr.edu. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Oestreicher, Cheryl (31 March 2010). "Andrew Young and the Community Relations Commission". Emory Libraries Blog. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Boone, William Henry (1969). Atlanta Community Relations Commission (Thesis). Atlanta University. hdl:20.500.12322/cau.td:1969_boone_william_henry_jr.
- ^ Hornsby, Alton. Southerners, Too?: Essays on the Black South, 1733-1990. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-2871-6. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Romero, Patricia W. In Black America. United Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Out in Atlanta: Atlanta's Gay and Lesbian Communities Since Stonewall: A Chronology, 1969-2012 · Wesley Chenault: Atlanta Since Stonewall, 1969-2009 · OutHistory: It's About Time". outhistory.org. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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- "Digital Collection: Atlanta Community Relations Commission Collection". radar.auctr.edu. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- "The Community Relations Commission · The Rhetoric of "Race Relations" · Ivan Allen Digital Archive". allenarchive.iac.gatech.edu. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- "Subject: Atlanta Community Relations Commission". dlg.usg.edu. Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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