The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Troutman, Robert B. (Robert Battey)
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Letter from Benjamin Mays to Editors of the New York TimesIn this letter, Mays addresses the editors of the New York Times about an article on equal employment opportunity. Mays states that he was not consulted by the article's author. As a result, he was misquoted. Mays uses the remainder of the article to clarify his position on equal employment programs. |
Plans for Progress: Atlanta SurveyThe Southern Regional Council releases a special report regarding Atlanta's "Plans for Progress," a program that gives the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity power to require contractors to eliminate discrimination in the workplace. According to a study, only three of the twenty-four firms appeared to be interested in abiding by the "Plans for Progress." These were Lockheed, Western Electric Company, and Goodyear. |