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Text transcribed from caption: ADDRESSES RACE RELATIONS SESSION #S-1317 NEW
YORK -- The Rev. Francis W. McPeek, director of the Department of Social
Welfare of Washington (D.C.) Federation of Churches, (standing) addresses the
annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of
Churches. Seated, left to right, are: Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman of the
National Council for a Permanent FEPC; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of
Morehouse College; George L. P. Weaver, director of the CIO’s Committee to
Abolish Discrimination, and Mark Starr, educational director of the Ladies
Garment Workers Union. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
(SR-NY-MES-12-5-D-W-O)
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), McPeek, Francis W., Washington Federation of Churches., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Fuller, Helen., Weaver, George L-P (George Leon Paul), 1912-1995., Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Starr, Mark, 1894-1985., International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor leaders--New York (State)--New York.