A Practical Approach to the Race Problem. Origin and Work of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation.

A Practical Approach to the Race Problem. Origin and Work of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation.

A pamphlet explaining the origin and mission of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, an organization founded in January, 1919 in Atlanta. The group sought to further "mutual understanding, peace, and good will" between the white and black communities. The group opposed lynching and mob violence, and sought to improve interracial attitudes, correct injustices and improve conditions affecting African Americans.  

The CIC was a moderate group that called itself a "movement" instead of an organization. "The philosophy of the movement is not that of 'seeking to solve the race problem,' but simply that of taking the next practicable step in the direction of interracial justice and good will" (p. 4).

Commission on Interracial Cooperation

Race Relations Pamphlets, Special Collections, William Smith Morton Library, Union Presbyterian Seminary

1939 October

Union Presbyterian Seminary Library

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Pullen, Ann Ellis (2013). "Commission on Interracial Cooperation" New Georgia Encyclopedia.