TheGeorgia Council on Human Relations (GCHR) was a biracial group working against prejudice and discrimination due to race, religion, ethnicity, and nationality.[1]Non-profit, interracial, and non-denominational, at its peak the GCHR operated in ten chapters across the state,[1] includingAlbany, Atlanta,Augusta,Columbus,LaGrange,Macon, andSavannah.[2][3] GCHR was theSouthern Regional Council'sGeorgia affiliate.
The GCHR initially focused on school desegregation. AfterBrown v. Board of Education required American schools to desegregate, the Council worked to ensure that the decision inBrown was implemented. When the Georgia state legislature threatened to close Georgia's public schools rather than integrate them, the GCHR worked withHelp Our Public Education (HOPE) to keep them open.[1][4]
The GCHR worked with groups including theStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, theCongress of Racial Equality, theAmerican Friends Service Committee, theYMCA, and theYWCA.[1]
With approximately 1,500 members working inlaw,medicine,religion, and other sectors,[citation needed] the GCHR includedsocial justice notables such asFrances Pauley.[5]
The GCHR ceased to operate in the 1960s.[1]
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