Civil Rights Act 0f 1960

The civil rights bill of 1960 became law on May 6, 1960. "The new act made it a crime to obstruct integration in public schools, and it provided for federal referees in voter-registration disputes, carrying forward the intent of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. " The American Book of Days, 3rd edition. Jane M. Hatch GT 4803 D6 1978

You can get information about the Civil Rights Movement at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. The index to this collection is on GALILEO http://www.galileo.usg.edu (ask the librarian at the circulation desk for the password to use GALILEO at home)

" The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History is a Special Library of the Atlanta-Fulton County Library System. It is the first library of its kind in the southeast offering specialized reference and archival collections for the study and research of African cultures. The library is a public facility with non-circulating collections, services and programs free and open to the general public.

The Auburn Avenue Research Library Finding Aids describe the contents and historical context of the archives and manuscript collections held by the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. An electronic inventory represents each collection listed in the database. The inventories provide general information about the materials in a collection, a historical or biographical sketch providing pertinent background, administrative information, and a container listing that details more precisely the contents of the boxes and folders within the collection. These electronic descriptions are derived primarily from the print finding aids created by the Archives Division of the Auburn Avenue Research Library.

The nucleus of the Auburn Avenue Research Library collection was established in 1934 as the Negro History Collection of Non-Circulating Books. This unique collection was created by combining a small existing collection at the first Auburn Avenue Branch, with another small collection from the Adult Education Project which operated from 1931 to 1934. In 1949 the collection was moved to the West Hunter Branch, the second branch established to serve Atlanta's African-American population."