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YMCA urban work records. Cluster / Partnership Experiments, 1968 - 1970. (Box 1, Folder 21)
1968 - 1970
This folder contains materials created/collected by the YMCA's Urban Group, as well as other records of the North American YMCA's urban work. The majority of this collection is focused from the 1950s through the 1970s, when the urban population of the United States grew rapidly. Major topics include race relations and institutional inequality, youth services and outreach, prevention of drug use and crime, war work and war affected persons, human services programs, varying social conditions in the city, experimental programs, and the integration of international programs into urban work. Among the programs are urban renewal, the revitalization of dead and ailing YMCAs, the development of hub cities, work in the inner cities, the metropolitanization of the United States, 3 urban metropolitan experimental clusters, the development of YMCA metro centers and war work in cities. Race relations is a major topic of this collection. Material includes several reports, studies, and a conference documenting race relations in the city and in the YMCA itself, institutional racism and the social, and economic conditions of African Americans in the United States.
- Title:
- YMCA urban work records. Cluster / Partnership Experiments, 1968 - 1970. (Box 1, Folder 21)
- Date Created:
- 1968 - 1970
- Description:
This folder contains materials created/collected by the YMCA's Urban Group, as well as other records of the North American YMCA's urban work. The majority of this collection is focused from the 1950s through the 1970s, when the urban population of the United States grew rapidly. Major topics include race relations and institutional inequality, youth services and outreach, prevention of drug use and crime, war work and war affected persons, human services programs, varying social conditions in the city, experimental programs, and the integration of international programs into urban work. Among the programs are urban renewal, the revitalization of dead and ailing YMCAs, the development of hub cities, work in the inner cities, the metropolitanization of the United States, 3 urban metropolitan experimental clusters, the development of YMCA metro centers and war work in cities. Race relations is a major topic of this collection. Material includes several reports, studies, and a conference documenting race relations in the city and in the YMCA itself, institutional racism and the social, and economic conditions of African Americans in the United States.
Item details
- Partner:
- Minnesota Digital Library
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Minnesota Libraries
- Subjects:
- Drug abuse
National Board of the Young Men's Christian Associations
National Conference of Black and Non-White Laymen YMCA Laymen and Staff
Pay equity
Race relations
Social work with African Americans
Urban policy
Urban youth
YMCA of the USA. North American Urban Group
YMCA of the USA. Urban Action and Program Division
Young Men's Christian associations
Administration
African Americans
Employees
Prevention
Social conditions
United States - Type:
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