Southern Conference Educational Fund records
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Southern Conference Educational Fund records
- Date
- 1968-1976 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.45 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States
- African Americans -- Education.
- African Americans -- Social conditions.
- Civil rights movements -- United States.
- Communism -- Kentucky.
- Segregation
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2011ms056: [identification of item], Southern Conference Educational Fund records, 1968-1976, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) was active from 1946 until 1981, specifically working to end segregation and champion Civil Rights in the Southern United States. Originally founded as a part of the Southern conference for Human Welfare, the organization became separate in 1947, basing its activities out of New Orleans, Louisiana. Carl and Ann Braden ran the organization from the mid 1960s until the 1970s, moving the main office to Louisville, Kentucky in 1966. After a clash between the Black Panthers and Communist members of the SCEF, the SCEF voted to expell Communist members over the objections of the Bradens. The organization then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, before disbanding due to financial problems in 1981.
- Scope and Content
- The Southern Conference Educational Fund records (dated 1968-1976; 0.45 cubic feet; 1 box) include minutes, agendas, memoranda, and publications documenting the organizations operations in Louisville, Kentucky, to end segregation. The Southern Education Fund records include meeting materials (minutes, agendas, memos) from 1970-1973. As well as the organizations publication, The Southern Patriot, from 1968-1975. These materials document the actions of the Southern Conference Education Fund in Louisville, which was committed to ending segregation through direct actions and education.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
The Southern Patriot, 1968-1976
Vol. 26, No.7 - Vol. 27, No. 4, 1968 September-1969 April
Vol. 27, No. 5 - Vol. 27, No. 9, 1969 May-1969 November
Vol. 27, No. 10 - Vol. 29, No. 2, 1969 December-1971 February
Vol. 28, No. 5 - Vol. 28, No. 10, 1970 May-December
Vol. 29, No. 1 - Vol. 29, No. 6, 1971 January-June
Vol. 29, No. 7 - Vol. 30 No. 3, 1971 September-1972 March
Vol. 30, No. 4 - Vol. 30, No. 9, 1972 April-November
Vol. 31, No. 1 - Vol. 31, No. 6, 1973 January-June
Vol. 31, No. 8 - Vol. 32, No. 4, 1973 October-1974 April
Vol. 32, No. 5 - Vol. 32, No. 9, 1974 May-November
Vol. 32, No. 10 - Vol. 33, No. 6, 1974 December-1975 July
Vol. 33, No. 8 - Vol. 34, No. 8, 1975 October-1976 December
Conference materials, 1970-1973
Scope and Contents
The Conference materials series contains meeting minutes, newsletters, mailings, reports, memos, and correspondence from Southern Education Conferences dating from 1970-1973.
Meeting minutes, 1972 March 6-September 23
Newsletters/mailings, 1970 December-1971 June
Newsletters/mailings, 1971 November-1972 January
Reports, 1970 November-1971 November
Reports, 1971 November-1973 January
Meeting materials, 1970 November-1972 May
Memos, 1970 November-1972 January
Memos, 1972 February-1973 January
Correspondence, 1970 December-1972 July
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