The Current Dilemma, Challenge and Opportunity

The Current Dilemma, Challenge and Opportunity

In this speech recorded at Auburn University, Whitney Young, the Director of the National Urban League, spoke on diversity, integration, and race relations in the United States. He discussed the US civil rights movement, prejudice, economic opportunity and competition for the black vote in the upcom...

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Main Author: Young, Whitney
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Online Access:https://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/audio01/id/36
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collection ACOIA and Horizons Lecture Series Audio Recordings Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Audio recordings
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The Current Dilemma, Challenge and Opportunity
Young, Whitney
fulltopic Audio recordings
United States--Race relations; United States--Race relations--Economic aspects; United States--Race relations--Political aspects; Race discrimination--United States; Human rights; Riots; Ethnicity; Cultural pluralism; Prejudices; African Americans--Civil rights
description In this speech recorded at Auburn University, Whitney Young, the Director of the National Urban League, spoke on diversity, integration, and race relations in the United States. He discussed the US civil rights movement, prejudice, economic opportunity and competition for the black vote in the upcoming 1968 national elections. Mr. Young spoke at 9 am on Friday, February 23, 1968.The talk, followed by a Q&A period,�was part of the 1968 Auburn Conference on International Affairs (ACOIA) 1968. The theme of ACOIA 1968 was 'The international year of human rights.'�ACOIA was a�regional conference, originally sponsored by the Auburn University Student�Senate, on international affairs and social issues. Each conference focused�on a specific theme and typically featured 5-10 speakers over a two- to�three-day period. Circa 1970, the conference's format was changed to a series�of speeches over a two- to three-month period; around the same time, the�conference's purview was expanded to include domestic issues. In that�connection, the conference's name was changed from 'Auburn Conference on�International Affairs' to 'Horizons' in 1971. The Horizons�lectures were organized by students on the Horizons Committee of the�University Program Council (UPC) in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Title�supplied by metadata creator.
spelling The Current Dilemma, Challenge and OpportunityYoung, Whitney1968-02-23In this speech recorded at Auburn University, Whitney Young, the Director of the National Urban League, spoke on diversity, integration, and race relations in the United States. He discussed the US civil rights movement, prejudice, economic opportunity and competition for the black vote in the upcoming 1968 national elections. Mr. Young spoke at 9 am on Friday, February 23, 1968.The talk, followed by a Q&A period,�was part of the 1968 Auburn Conference on International Affairs (ACOIA) 1968. The theme of ACOIA 1968 was 'The international year of human rights.'�ACOIA was a�regional conference, originally sponsored by the Auburn University Student�Senate, on international affairs and social issues. Each conference focused�on a specific theme and typically featured 5-10 speakers over a two- to�three-day period. Circa 1970, the conference's format was changed to a series�of speeches over a two- to three-month period; around the same time, the�conference's purview was expanded to include domestic issues. In that�connection, the conference's name was changed from 'Auburn Conference on�International Affairs' to 'Horizons' in 1971. The Horizons�lectures were organized by students on the Horizons Committee of the�University Program Council (UPC) in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Title�supplied by metadata creator.Auburn Conference on International Affairshttps://archive.org/details/acoia20whitneyyoungUnited States--Race relations; United States--Race relations--Economic aspects; United States--Race relations--Political aspects; Race discrimination--United States; Human rights; Riots; Ethnicity; Cultural pluralism; Prejudices; African Americans--Civil rights soundMPEG-3ACOIA 20 Whitney Young.mp3RG579, Reel 20Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and ArchivesAuburn University LibrariesengThis sound recording is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the sound recording are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other sound recordings in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/audio01/id/36
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