Biographical / Historical Note
The racial strife and the repercussions of World War II led the American Missionary Association to establish in 1942 a Race Relations Department at Fisk University.
Summary
The collection is the complete records of the Race Relations Department, comprised of correspondence, research data, records of the self-surveys, news releases and newspaper clippings, photographs, and the records of the Institutes, which contain registers of participants, manuscript copies of lectures, reports of workshops and other records.