Box 17, Folder 15, Document 24

Box 17, Folder 15, Document 24

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GREATER ATLANTA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS — 5 FORSYTH STREET, N.W. — ATLANTA 3, GEORGIA

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Announcements eovcosepe 1 Civil Rights 8311. eoecocePe O
Atlanta Notes eosevcepe 2 , Hotels & RestaurantsSeceseDe 4



REPORT FROM WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCES BY ATLANTA PARTICIPANTS, Monday, July 22,
7tpeme, Stouffer's Hearth Roome Dinner $2.40. Make reservations at Council
office (523-1581) by July 18, 1963.

In response to requests, more opportunitities for "members to know each other
and respond to interest in what went on at the recent series of White House
' conferences on civil rights, the Greater Atlanta Council on Human Relations
/ has arranged for members and friends this dinner meeting, at which time 6
' of the 25 Atlantans who met with President Kennedy at the recent series of
meetings will report informally on the significance of the meetings and their
ie application to the Greater Atlanta area. The others will be invited to attend
and to participate in the discussion. (We are proud that 6 of the 25 are
members of the Council, Those invited to speak on July 22, however, will
include some members and some non-members) COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS!!!

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SAVE AUGUST 19 FOR A PICNIC SUPPER FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AT PIEDMONT PARK. To
avoid reservations and money, each family is asked to bring your own foode
The Pavilion at the Fourteenth (14) Street entrance, has been reserved for
63 peme to 9% peme This will be a purely social affaire-no program, just
food and conversation for all agers

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BELATED CONGRATULATIONS TO GACHR MEMBER, MORGAN STANFORD, upon his recent
appointment to the Georgia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights

Commissione
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SWIMMING POOLSs It would be worth a special effort for white GACHR members
to use recently desegregated "white" pools to avoid "resegregated" Negro
pools, Encourage use of the pools by friends, neighbors and groups to which
you belong. This is one way YOU can respond to the President's appeal.

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From President Kennedy*s Radio end Television address on June 113 "We face,

therefore, a moral crisis as a country and as a people. .eelt is time to

act in the Congress, in your state and local legislative body, and above all,
‘4 in all of our daily livese"



July, 1963
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APOLOGY TO MR. HOLT:
is, Bei. Holt, President of the Atlanta Board of Education, at the
Boar’. wooriy on Jure "9, said that he had been misquoted when the Council
hea go nrked thet ne "eoldn't think of anything to say" in response to GACHR's
lov ver oe .llig obltonsten to plans for an Atiexe “igh school with a Negro
“HEenLor ehudect ca ties. aanual outing to Calion..v S>rdens, which does not
arith Negurss a4 vegeting suggestion made 2s.< ;2ar that Board adopt
tCiuuy ch me tcarol sponsored Iunctions held wi,.re all students would not
he ANobvtace ue, Holt said that "this Board fuit for it to intercede and
Chise the ovhirr ts be called off would resul+ ir unfavorable reaction of
She Glact, tis tient? boty ard the community towards the student involved.
This Lorri las ac.a cyevwsling in its power +. -:event such reaction."
save Sudvab davetend..co.tacted the Cow.:i% several times saying that
sme “wral Tits to go op tho pienice” We apotocize for misquoting Mr. Holt.
Di. gyesuie: tue Soard's permitting a svkcvl sponsored event to be
schacrisd ub 2 o1Ace where it is knowm in advance that even one of the
St.18h58 “nvely on soyla not be admitted and question the advisibality of



Mbing WL puss.tic for 4 student to be placed in the position of mking
A afc.un which usvelecs a choice between participating in school affairs
oO: ¢ ee ‘wievyur2l.a reaction of the class, the student body and the

community” toveids himself or herself.
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During the past few weeks, the GACHR has been asked to assist in efforts
te sxcure sarollment of a Negro in a typing course at the Northside YMCA and

enrcilment of a Negro child at the Atlanta Speech Schoole
of ee fe a 2 2 kha aa

Bishop Randotph Clairborne of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta has
annovneed the witudrawal of any affiliation between the Episcopal church
ang tne Lovzstt School, following the announcement by the Trustees of a
policy of racial segregatione

Rev, John Me>:is has announced that "oeesteps will be taken in the fall
at tha cpening of seaucl to prstext the Trustees’ decision which leaves some
@curt as to the faithfulness of cth Episcopal clergy and laitye »«seSupport
Witt oo gimen vo Jicect action jpxoelest aimed at both the school itself, as
well as t ite members of the Funst who ure Episcopalians. Most likely this
will ineliiwe ha placing of pitre7. at the school and at other points

lappropriate %o the respestive ir. sceaseec”
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DECATUR GACTR MEMBERS 1cvors thot Negvo children in Decatur must come in

to Jtlaity for cumaer school, tueugh many Negroes live a few blocks from the
Whice Oesatus ecshoolss The vexutur schools offered no summer courses in
cclored schoolte

No renly te ineguiries to WESTMINISTER SCHOOLS about policy of accepting
epplicsatiour rion Negroes, for sumer or regular sessionse

IN TEE WORKS Factual chronological account of desegregation to date in Atlant

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AVATLAct# VON RYQURSTs Copies of Dre Martin Luther King, Jr's», LETTER
FROM BITIGGHAM SETS WAIL.



Nots! We urge you to support the desegregated restaurante and to state
your approval of such a policye
GREATER ATLANTA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS July, 1963
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SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS BY SOUTHERN REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL

(You are urged to express your views to Congressman Charles Weltner, Senators
Richard Russell and Herman Talmadge.)

Voting: Forbids use of different standards, practices or procedures for
whites and Negroes, bars denial of right to vote in a federal election because
of certain immaterial acts, provides for federel voting referee when lawsuits
are pending in county in which fewer than 15% of eligible Negroes are
registered; preferential treatment of voting rights suits on federal court
calendars; requires presumption of literacy on completion of 6th grade in
accredited school where instruction is predominantly in Englishe

Public Accommodations: Guarantees to all citizens full and equal enjoyment
of goods, services, and facilities of hotels, restaurants, places of amuse=-
ment and retail establishments in interstate commerce, ieGce, where goods,
services, facilities or accommodations are provided to substantial degree
to interstate travelers; substantial portion of goods has moved in interes
state commerce; activities of establishment substantially affect interstate
commerce; establishment is integral part of establishment covered by above
(bonefide private clubs and e stablishments not open to public not covered);
persons denied access because of race can institute court action; Attorney=
General can bring suit upon written complaint by aggrieved party, if party
is unable to finance suit, obtain effective legal representation, or there
is fear of economic or other injury; before such suit, A=-G; must refer

case to Community Relations Service (see below), give establishment time
to correct practices; permit state and local equal access laws to operates
if plaintiff wins suit, loser pays attorney's feese



School Desegregation: The U. Se Commission is required to report in 2 years
on extent of school segregation on-all levels; Commissioner authorized to
give technical and financial assistance, upon request, to school districts

in process of school desegregation (financial assistance to train personnel)s
authorizes A=G to initiate suits against local school boards and public
institutions of higher learning whenever complain of existing segregation

is received signed by parent or individual; party is unable to undertake suit
for lack of money, effective counsel, fear of economic or other injury;

A=G determines that such suit will further orderly process of desegregatione



Community Relations Service: Federal agency to work with local communities
yroviding advice and assistance, help solve inter-racial disputes and work
guietly to improve relations in any community, to be established by executive
order until given statutory actione

Civil Rights Commission: Extension through 1967 and broadening of power to
serve as clearing house, offering information, advice and technical assistance
to any public or private agency requesting ite

Equel Opportunity Commission: Permanent statutory Commission similar to

present Committees

Federal Programs: Any federal assistance program not required to give aid
where racial discrimination is practiced; no discrimination in employment
contractors or sub-contractors on grounds of races
GREATER ATLANTA COUNCIL ON HUMAN RELATIONS July, 1963
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RESTAURANTS AND HOTEL DESEGREGATIONs

Restaurants: The GACHR, along with the Atlanta NAACP, the Committee on
Appeal for Human Rights and individuals connected with other organizations,
has been in touch with individual restaurant operators and with the Atlanta
Restaurant Association for the past several months, urging voluntary
desegregation of eating placese It has been stated repeatedly that no person
or persons may speak for the Restaurant Association and that any action teken
would be done by individuals in terms of their owm places of business. The
individuals taking part in the discussions have changed from one time to the
next. To our knowkhedge, there have been no written agreements. There were
verbal agreements to desegregate the last week of Jue, after repeated
demonstrations by the Committee on Appeal for Human Relations. The under=
standings of the verbal agreements have varied in some cases on the part of
different persons at the same meeting. Some restaurants which we understand
did agree to serve Negroes decided against it before the appointed dates
Some served Negroes on the "first day," then refused to serve them the next
_ deye Some refused at first but served later. A number served Negroes but
when asked by telephone if they were desegregated, said noe So==-there is
no "official list," and any list would probably change from day to daye

Acting on the belief that desegregation cannot te in effect until those
who might be effected know of the change and on the belief that support from
those who favor the change can be more effective than withdrawal of support
by those who oppose it, we give here a list of restaurants in which the GACHR
members have observed Negroes being served within the past few weeks:
Yohannon's, Sellers (Piédmont Hotel), The Farm, Herren's, Camilla Gardens,
Emile's, Escoe's, Caruso's, Devis Brothers, Johnny Rebb's, Crossroads, Big
Boy Drive-in, Seven Steers, Miami Buffet, House of Eng, S&W, Bradshaw's,
Howard Johnson's, Dales Cellar, Rex' Fine Foods, (the Rivbra and Four
Seasons for private parties )e

Hotels* On June 21, Mayor Tyan Allen announced that he had been
requested by 14 Atlanta hotels and motels %o announce a plan for limited
desegregetion. The hotels listed were? the Air-Host Inn, Atlanta Americana
Motor Hotel, Atlanta Cabana Motel, the Atlantan Hotel, the Biltmore Hotel,
the Dinkler=Plaza Hotel, liarriott Hotel (unfinished), the Hilton Inn, 3
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodges (South, Northeast, and Northwest Expressways),
the Peachtree Manor, the Piedmont Hotel, and the Riveria Motel.

The Council wrote Mr, Allen asking if this in anyway changed the
situation of individual guest (s) since we are often asked to arrange lodgings
for foreign visitorse He replied that he had made the announcement as
requested, and was referring our letter to the Hotel Association. Mr. Styron
of the Hotel Association wrote that this was an individual act by each of
the 14 hotels and each would have to be contacted individuallys We are in
the process of doing that now, There have been reports that individual
Negro guest have been accommodated, but this has not been announced asa
public policye

Dre C, Miles Smith, NAACP president, said his understanding of the
agreement was complete desegregation of these establishments

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