Library: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library / Subject - Topics: Departmental stores--Atlanta (Ga.) / Subject - Names: Rich's (Retail store) / Rights Status: In Copyright - Emory Digital Collections Search Results

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Atlanta Mixing Organizations - List of organizations supporting integration gathered by the Augusta Courier

Date:: September 5, 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Circular letter from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) regarding the actions taken by the group, requesting donations to continue their work, and an enclosed booklet, "Sit-Ins: The Student Report", describing some of the actions taken so far by the group

Date:: 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Copy of letter sent from Richard H. Rich, President of Rich's department stores, responding to John Wesley Dobbs, expressing regret at the ending of a business relationship between John Wesley Dobbs and Rich's department stores, while stating that while services in the stores are separated by race, they are equal in quality - September 21, 1960

Creator:: Rich, Richard H., 1901-1975
Date:: September 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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First letter from Jessie O. Thomas, President of the Atlanta Chapter of The Frontiers of America, Inc., to Richard H. Rich, President of Rich's department stores, regarding a possible meeting between Richard H. Rich and Mary Louise Allan, Executive Director of the Florence Crittenton Association of America - June 24, 1960

Creator:: Thomas, Jessie O.
Date:: June 24, 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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First letter from Jessie O. Thomas, President of the Atlanta Chapter of The Frontiers of America, Inc., to Richard H. Rich, President of Rich's department stores, regarding a possible meeting between Richard H. Rich and Mary Louise Allan, Executive Director of the Florence Crittenton Association of America - June 24, 1960

Creator:: Thomas, Jessie O.
Date:: June 24, 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Eliza K. Paschall, chairman of the Greater Atlanta Council on Human Relations, to Richard H. Rich, President of Rich's department stores, regarding the ongoing segregation of the lunch counters at Rich's department stores - December 21, 1960

Creator:: Paschall, Eliza K.
Date:: December 21, 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Jessie Hill Jr., Chairman of the Citizens Negotiations Committee, to Richard H. Rich, President of Rich's department stores, requesting a meeting between the Citizen's Negotiations Committee and Richard H. Rich - August 30, 1960

Creator:: Hill Jr., Jessie
Date:: August 30, 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from John Wesley Dobbs to Richard H. Rich, President of Rich's department stores, ending his business relationship with Rich's department store because of the stores lack of movement to ending segregation - September 16, 1960

Creator:: Dobbs, John Wesley, 1882-1961
Date:: September 16, 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Reverend Lamar Clements, Acting Chairman of the Atlanta Council on Human Relations, to Richard H. Rich, President of Rich's department store, urging Mr. Rich to enter in negotiations with Mayor William B. Hartsfield regarding the segregation of the lunch counters at Rich's department stores

Creator:: Clements, Lamar
Date:: 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Richard H. Rich, President of Rich's department stores, responding to John Wesley Dobbs, expressing regret at the ending of a business relationship between John Wesley Dobbs and Rich's department stores, while stating that while services in the stores are separated by race, they are equal in quality - September 21, 1960

Creator:: Rich, Richard H., 1901-1975
Date:: September 21, 1960
Format:: Text
Access:: Public