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Story August 30, 1955

Atlanta Daily World

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

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The Fund for the Republic allocates $1,000,000 to advance civil liberties understanding, including $240,000 for Southern Negro-white relations education and $400,000 for educational shows. Last year, $18,000 went to Chicago Interracial Council for Trumbull Park racial tensions. Studies cover government censorship, entertainment industry pressures, and issues for teachers, professors, objectors, aliens, and Negroes.

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Fund Advances Understanding Of Civil Liberties

WASHINGTON (ANP)- The Fund for the Republic is spending $1,000,000 to "advance understanding of civil liberties," according to Robert M. Hutchins, former president of the University of Chicago.

This year, for instance, the fund will spend $240,000 for community education in Negro-white relations in the South, and $400,000 to produce educational shows on civil liberties.

Last year the Chicago Interracial Council received $18,000 to help "mitigate the acute racial tension that has developed in Trumbull Park," and interracial housing development.

Government Censorship Bloodiest

in the entertainment industry. pressures on school teachers and college professors, problems of conscientious objectors, aliens, and Negroes are under study.

What sub-type of article is it?

Historical Event

What themes does it cover?

Justice Moral Virtue

What keywords are associated?

Civil Liberties Fund Allocation Racial Relations Government Censorship Negro Rights

What entities or persons were involved?

Robert M. Hutchins Fund For The Republic Chicago Interracial Council

Where did it happen?

Washington, South, Trumbull Park

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Key Persons

Robert M. Hutchins Fund For The Republic Chicago Interracial Council

Location

Washington, South, Trumbull Park

Event Date

This Year, Last Year

Story Details

The Fund for the Republic spends $1,000,000 on civil liberties, including education on Negro-white relations in the South and shows on civil liberties; previously funded mitigation of racial tensions in Trumbull Park; studies government censorship and related issues.

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