SRC 17-Byrd Smith-Summary


 Educational and family background (p. 1-2), discussion of the negatives and positives of
segregated education (p. 3-4), cultural and creative activities in Richmond (p. 4), the African
American community's reaction to Brown v. Board (p. 5), Richmond's church leaders and the
long lineage of black activism (p. 6-8), participation in civil rights activism (p. 8-10), white
community's reaction to civil rights activity in the late 1950s and 1960s (p. 10), description of
various people working with the Richmond Council on Human Relations [RCHR] (p. 11-12),
agenda as president of the RCHR (p. 12-14), attempts to cooperate with the media and the Media
Relations Commission (p. 14-16), Richmond's black radio stations (p. 16-17), relationship
between the RCHR and the Southern Regional Council (p. 18-20), the re-release of Birth of a
Nation in Richmond theaters just before school integration (p. 20-22), consequences of school
integration and the Richmond Area Reading Association (p. 22-24), overall achievements of the
RCHR and its relationship with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
[NAACP] and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference [SCLC] (p. 24-27).