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Southern Conference for Human Welfare
Social justice organization in the southern U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) (1938–1948) was an organization that sought to promote New Deal-type reforms to the South in terms of social justice, civil rights, and electoral reform. It folded due to funding problems and allegations of Communist sympathies; its successor was the former sub-group the Education Fund.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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Successor | Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) |
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Formation | November 20, 1938; 85 years ago (1938-11-20) |
Founder | Joseph Gelders, Lucy Randolph Mason, Hugo Black, Aubrey Willis Williams, Mary McLeod Bethune, James Dombrowski, Bibb Graves, Virginia Foster Durr |
Founded at | Birmingham, Alabama |
Dissolved | November 21, 1948; 75 years ago (1948-11-21) |
Purpose | Promote social justice, civil rights, electoral reform |
Headquarters | Birmingham, Alabama |
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