South Carolina Council on Human Relations

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The South Carolina Council on Human Relations was organized in 1919 as the South Carolina Commission for Interracial Cooperation, organized under the auspices of the region-wide Commission on Interracial Cooperation. The South Carolina Committee became the South Carolina Division of the Southern Regional Council in 1944 and change its name again to the South Carolina Council on Human Relations in 1954. The Council dissolved in 1975.

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    Public welfare assistance and services in South Carolina
    (South Carolina State Library, 1971) South Carolina State Department of Public Welfare.; South Carolina Council on Human Relations
    The South Carolina Department of Public Welfare and the South Carolina Council on Human Relations published this brochure on the services provided by the Department of Public Welfare.
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    Keeping the poor in their place ; a report on the Food Stamp Program in South Carolina. Dedicated to those who have spoken: proudly, bitterly and courageously
    (South Carolina State Library, 1972) Matthias, Paul W.; South Carolina Council on Human Relations
    The South Carolina Council on Human Relations published this report on the effects of the new federal standard of eligibility for participation in the food stamp program and its implementation in South Carolina.
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    Black employment in selected agencies of South Carolina state government
    (South Carolina State Library, 1971-05-07) South Carolina Council on Human Relations; Albert, Rodney; Matthias, Paul W.
    This is a report by the South Carolina Council on Human Relations dealing with the status of Black employment in selected agencies of South Carolina state government. The data for this document was obtained from records of the South Carolina State Personnel Division, questionnaires, and personal interviews.
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    Amazing disgrace : a report on old age assistance in South Carolina
    (South Carolina State Library, 1972-04) South Carolina Council on Human Relations; McSweeney, Edward A.; Matthias, Paul W.
    This report on the administration of the Old Age Assistance program in South Carolina examines the conditions in which many of this state’s elderly poor people live and some of the reasons these conditions exist. The report concludes with recommendations by which the state and local governments can significantly improve the lot of their elderly poor within the existing program.