HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL, 1963-1977
The Council was established on 13 January 1963 by Governor Terry Sanford as the Good
Neighbor Council to encourage employment of qualified people without regard to race and to
urge youth to become better trained and qualified for employment. Almost immediately,
however, the council became an instrument for resolving the racial tension that arose because
of the civil rights and integration movements. The Council's name was changed to the Human
Relations Commission in June 1971, and it became the Human Relations Council during
1972-1973. Records include speeches, plans for Brotherhood Week and Race Relations Sunday;
correspondence with colleges concerning minority enrollment; materials on cases of alleged
discrimination; questionnaires on employment practices of state agencies; information on
state-wide meetings of the Good Neighbor Council; correspondence with the counties on racial
incidents; and materials relating to specially funded EEOC and law-and-order projects.
