The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission : a history, 1943-2013 / Phillip J. Obermiller and Thomas E. Wagner ; foreword by Michael E. Maloney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Obermiller, Phillip J., author.

Wagner, Thomas E., author.

Contributor:

Maloney, Michael E., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cincinnati Human Relations Commission--History.

Cincinnati Human Relations Commission.

Civil rights--Ohio--Cincinnati--History.

Civil rights.

Minorities--Political activity--Ohio--Cincinnati--History.

Minorities.

Cincinnati (Ohio)--Social policy--History.

Cincinnati (Ohio).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"n the summer of 1943, as World War II raged overseas, the United States also faced internal strife. Earlier that year, Detroit had erupted in a series of race riots that killed dozens and destroyed entire neighborhoods. Across the country, mayors and city councils sought to defuse racial tensions and promote nonviolent solutions to social and economic injustices. In Cincinnati, the result of those efforts was the Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee, later renamed the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission (CHRC). The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission: A History, 1943-2013, is a decade-by-decade chronicle of the agency: its accomplishments, challenges, and failures. The purpose of municipal human relations agencies like the CHRC was to give minority groups access to local government through internal advocacy, education, mediation, and persuasion--in clear contrast to the tactics of lawsuits, sit-ins, boycotts, and marches adopted by many external, nongovernmental organizations. In compiling this history, Phillip J. Obermiller and Thomas E. Wagner have drawn on an extensive base of archival records, reports, speeches, and media sources. In addition, archival and contemporary interviews provide first-person insight into the events and personalities that shaped the agency and the history of civil rights in this midwestern city"-- Provided by publisher.

"In the summer of 1943, as World War II raged overseas, the United States also faced internal strife. Earlier that year, Detroit had erupted in a series of race riots that killed dozens and destroyed entire neighborhoods. Across the country, mayors and city councils sought to defuse racial tensions and promote nonviolent solutions to social and economic injustices. In Cincinnati, the result of those efforts was the Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee, later renamed the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission (CHRC). The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission: A History, 1943-2013, is a decade-by-decade chronicle of the agency: its accomplishments, challenges, and failures. The purpose of municipal human relations agencies like the CHRC was to give minority groups access to local government through internal advocacy, education, mediation, and persuasion--in clear contrast to the tactics of lawsuits, sit-ins, boycotts, and marches adopted by many external, nongovernmental organizations. In compiling this history, Phillip J. Obermiller and Thomas E. Wagner have drawn on an extensive base of archival records, reports, speeches, and media sources. In addition, archival and contemporary interviews provide first-person insight into the events and personalities that shaped the agency and the history of civil rights in this midwestern city"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Responding to the "Calamity in Detroit": The 1940s

2. Intervening "in and between Crises": The 1950s

3. Working with "Social Dynamite": The 1960s

4. Moving from Stability to "Complete Disarray": The 1970s

5. Dealing with Instability: The 1980s

6. Starting the Decade Well, Ending with Difficulty: The 1990s

7. Containing the Turmoil: The 2000s

8. Completing Seventy Years of Service: 2010 to 2013

Conclusion: "A Rugged and Controversial Existence"

Epilogue

Appendix A: MFRC/CHRC Timeline

Appendix B: Chairs and Directors

Sources

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821446218

0821446215

OCLC:

1001435016