Atlanta Community Relations Commission Explained

The Atlanta Community Relations Commission (ACRC) was a community action group created in November 1966 by the City of Atlanta. The group was charged with investigating discrimination and race relations in Atlanta, reporting recommendations to the Mayor of Atlanta to improve relations in the city.^[1] The group served as a direct liaison between city hall and groups in the Atlanta community, and they held regular town halls to "hear residents’ concerns, take them to city officials and departments, returning to each neighborhood thirty days later to report on actions taken, thereby creating continuous discussions where residents’ saw results from their voiced concerns".^[2] Although Atlanta had developed a reputation as "the city too busy to hate," that reputation was often fostered by people who would benefit from it.^[3] The commission addressed wide-ranging instances of discrimination, from school desegregation to trailer camps.^{[4] [5]} The Commission's first LGBT representative was appointed in June 1972.^[6]

External links

• Web site: Digital Collection: Atlanta Community Relations Commission Collection . radar.auctr.edu . . 7 November 2021 . en.
• Web site: The Community Relations Commission · The Rhetoric of "Race Relations" · Ivan Allen Digital Archive . allenarchive.iac.gatech.edu . 11 May 2021.
• Web site: https://dlg.usg.edu/records?f[subject_facet[]=Atlanta+Community+Relations+Commission Subject: Atlanta Community Relations Commission ]. dlg.usg.edu . . 11 May 2021.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Collection: Atlanta Community Relations Commission collection Archives Research Center . findingaids.auctr.edu . . 11 May 2021.
2. Web site: Oestreicher . Cheryl . Andrew Young and the Community Relations Commission . Emory Libraries Blog . 11 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200923031907/https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/woodruff/news/andrew-young-and-the-community-relations-commission . 23 September 2020 . 31 March 2010.
3. Boone . William Henry . Atlanta Community Relations Commission . 1969 . . 20.500.12322/cau.td:1969_boone_william_henry_jr . en.
4. Book: Hornsby . Alton . Southerners, Too?: Essays on the Black South, 1733-1990 . University Press of America . 978-0-7618-2871-6 . 11 May 2021 . en.
5. Book: Romero . Patricia W. . In Black America . United Publishing Corporation . 11 May 2021 . en.
6. Web site: Out in Atlanta: Atlanta’s Gay and Lesbian Communities Since Stonewall: A Chronology, 1969-2012 · Wesley Chenault: Atlanta Since Stonewall, 1969-2009 · OutHistory: It's About Time . outhistory.org . 11 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201003225917/https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/atlanta-since-stonewall/out_in_atlanta . 3 October 2020.