Exploring the Southern Historical Collection
Southern Conference for Human Welfare 20-23 November 1938, Birmingham Ala. This is a pamphlet from a third interracial conference attended by Olive M. Stone. Inside it describes topics to be discussed at the conference, as well as the purpose of having such a conference: bringing together progressive leaders in the South. “The Conference issues an … Continue reading “Early interracial conferences, Part III”
Negro-White Conference, Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C. 30 November – 2 December, 1934 Pictured here are the findings of another month-long interracial conference attended by Olive M. Stone, which historian Glenda Gilmore has called “the first southern interracial conference that dared endorse integration” (Defying Dixie, p. 221). The conference also challenged the approaches taken by several … Continue reading “Early interracial conferences, Part II”
Olive M. Stone, an Alabama native, was a sociologist whose work focused on social welfare, race relations, and southern farmers. That’s her, pictured here in Russia, 1931. Stone’s involvement in civil rights and radical politics brought her to a number of southern and northern interracial conferences in the 1930s. This post is the first of … Continue reading “Early interracial conferences, Part I”
The Southern Historical Collection is in the process of updating and making available online over 1000 finding aids currently only available in paper format. This work is made possible with the support of IMLS/LSTA funds administered by the State Library of North Carolina. Our anticipated completion date for this project is June 2011. If you … Continue reading “Legacy Finding Aids”