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Hatfield, Edward A

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Encyclopedia article about the Civil Rights movement phenomena of "sit-ins" in Atlanta, Georgia. Students from Atlanta's historically black colleges formed the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR)in March 1960. The COAHR worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to compel local restaurants and hotels to desegregate. The efforts met with limited success until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American College Students
  3. African Americans
  4. Atlanta
  5. Atlanta (Ga.)
  6. Central Business Districts
  7. Civil Rights
  8. Civil Rights Demonstration
  9. Civil Rights Movements
  10. Civil Rights Workers
  11. College Students
  12. Committee On Appeal For Human Rights
  13. Direct Action
  14. Discrimination
  15. Discrimination In Public Accommodations
  16. Georgia
  17. Race Discrimination
  18. Race Relations
  19. Segregation
  20. Sit Ins
  21. Social Integration
  22. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

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