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.r . •\ I 7 ·,s Atla nt a Summit L.. , ,., c·-.- ~-' " ::onf erence , A Coordinating Coalition of Atlanta Organiz at_;_ons and Community Leadership. Primary Sponsors: NAAC?, Ope~ation Breadbasket, Atlanta · Negro Voters League, All-Citizens Registration Committee and ACCA. Summit .Co-Chairmen: . J~sse Hill, Jr., .Rev •. $. W. Williams and Alderman Q. V. Williamson. i .Subject: .( State of Our City and the Negro Community, special requests and concerns. Presented by Special City Affairs Committee. Our Committee is here to reaffirm its interest and confidence in the future of Atlanta and to express our desire to share in the responsi" bility of ·its continued growth and greatness. . It is our d~sire a~d intention to share at all leveli an~ in all areas. This morning we wish to make the following requests and express concerns indica~ed: .I. Special Requests : A. ·"' I 1 . The appointment of a Negro to Deputy Staff level in the Personnel Dept., under General Sutherland, and the hiring of a Negro Recruiter. B. An Equal Employment Opportunity clause with in enfor~ement provisions in all City Purchasing Contracts. C. The immediate desegregation of the Main Library staff and the desegregation and merit promotion of personnel in branch staffs. D. The hiring of Negro Housing ~nspectors. E. The hiring of Negr6 J~dges in the- Traffic·~nd Municipal Courts not as Ad Hoc Judges but regular Judgeship statu~. F. The Installation of an Information Desk in l9bby of. City Hall. G. The revival . of the -City's Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, for11Je·r ly headed by the late Alderman John A. White, and included the late Attorney A. T• .Wolden and Clarence Coleman. ~ H. Second Request for a list and description including · purpose and top staff of all federal funded or assisted programs of the City of Atlanta. This request was made

many. months ago shortly after Mr. Dan Sweat was named to

his current · positi6n • . JI . H~using ~rban Renewal, Mode1 Cities . . Our Community and our City Governm~nt are on a "collision · cou1~s e" i n Urban: Renewal, Housing the :prop·osed Model. Ci ties Prog~am• . We have already informed~yoy of our ·end~rsement of our community positiori on Rousing as setforth by the NMCP th r ough President A. M. Davis. -·..,, ' ,· , ,.·- ~"--~-~---··· .. - ! : . • ..• • ,.. , , ·. ~, r 'r.oi-:'r1, --.--- - - - - -.....- ·- 1 f ~~ r-~ ~.-u ,,,._ ____,

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The Atlanta Summit i.eadersh'ip Confe.rence I • 1 ·I. !I I · May 10 , 19~7 . I I· I i ., Page 2 I ' I•! ... -····· .. . Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr

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1 ·., f pr oposals submitted by Re~. John Hood on "Model Cities" including 11 ! ! immediate action for changes- in the Executive Board.

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i that the Planning Fund Request, ·T echnical Advisory Board be revised to .~ ·we also request include our suggestion for Negro experts to b~ incl~ded (plu~ other job categories). U:rban Renewal , The Negro Community has seen Urban · Renewal too often implern~nted We also see it as ,business and sizable financial transactions, where representatives of our race have been excluded from major financial transactions, a crucial item that could along with other i-lls in Model Ci ties, · and Housing ca·use Atlanta to lose the Negro Community support of all Federal HUD . Programs, a strong united complaint from our community to HUD Secretary Robert Weaver requesting a h.a l t in HUD funds for Atlanta. as "Negro Remo~al· i ! I i I iI i i ii The crucial case in point.is the Rockdale Project. (Alderman Wil.liamson will explain our ;)osi tion) where a Negro church, Union Baptist is the sponsor, a Negro architect and Negro igents are pri. marily involved. ! .! ' Ii ..I I i ' ,, I: -III. In view of the evils and discrimination uncovered by Alderman Wi lliamson recently in the City Construction Department, we request a survey or investigation of all city departments. The investigating staff should include representatives of the Equal Employm~nt Opportunities Committee and the City Human Relations Commission. · '. . . We also request i summary report of invol~ement. of ~egroes in. the City Government (staff and policy) ·and a summary repor\ of the status of compliance of Atlanta with the Civil Rights · Law. Negroes · are still . receiving public accommodation insults in our city.·

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., IV. We request a Crash Program to correct the many years of discriminati on in the location of park , facilities and the quality of park facilities and golf courses in our ' city. v. -.l i I: . . . · We . wish to apologize -to Alderman ·Williamson for· this pe'rsonal Status of Alderman Q. V. Williamson . .r -. . I !( ~ · Park Facilities . .. I.

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!. ..... . ,. t I!I l �A 1.11), J I ou,,x A ,41J_:} ~ 1°..]' .'..!J 7 -~ ' - _____ · :. - . ... ··-···----···- - ·-- ·- . ·- __ ______},_ , -·- ·· -- .' ' ' ' .... ~ I. ' ' . The Atlanta Summit Leadership Co.of erence ... .... Mayor I van Allen, · Jr · · ... · ·-···· . Page 3 I. .._ .' . ..., I 1· ' .' I r • . -· .., .. · --r .. . . ..,.• . • • •' 1·' .. ···- · ' . . May lO, 1967. ,I t. I • •' I. J. ' I ,. " • ..•• , ... ,, I . i '. • I However, we note th~t you have appointed every one in his tenure class or older to charimanships of committees but him. In the case of _Hugh Pierce he has a chair~anship and a vice chairmanship. Mr. Williamson has neither a chairmanship nor a vice chairmanship. We suggest that he be considered as chairman of the Equal Employment Op- . portunity Committee to succeed the late John Wt)ite as a beginning to correct this situation. · ! .· . '. . w-· ,: ._. .' '" .. . . .. ~ ,'...· ., ., • ,: J, 1 ... ' I .. • ..... • ~· · I" �