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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 Af rican 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 Medi a 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 t he RCHR and its relationship with the National Association for the Advancement of Colore d People [NAACP] and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference [SCLC] (p. 24-27).