An Appeal for Human Rights

This article seeks to provide history and context as well as links to the full text copies of An Appeal for Human Rights.^[1][2][3][4] release on March 15, 1960.

An Appeal for Human Rights was drafted by students of the Atlanta University Center after students, led by Lonnie King and Julian Bond, were encouraged by the six presidents of the Atlanta University Center to draft a document.
The students, organized as the Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR), published An Appeal for Human Rights on March 9, 1960.^[5][6] working within and part of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

The published document, An Appeal for Human Rights was a widely circulated and initially printed on March 9, 1960 in several publications including Atlanta Constitution (today The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), Atlanta Journal (today also The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), and Atlanta Daily World ^[7]

The Appeal for Human Rights was received with both positive acclaim, and skeptical criticism at the time of publishing.^[8]

• In 2010 original members of the Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights are planning events recognizing the 50th anniversary.
• Atlanta Magazine published an article on the 50th anniversary on February 24, 2010 The Atlanta Student Movement: 50 Years Later - by Rebecca Burns

Original signers

An Appeal for Human Rights of March 9, 1960 ^[9] was originally signed by:

Willie Mays - President of Council For the Students of Atlanta University
James Felder - President of Student Government Association For the Students of Clark College
Marion D. Bennett - President of Student Association For the Students of Interdenominational Theological Center
Don Clarke - President of Student Body For the Students of Morehouse College
Mary Ann Smith - Secretary of Student Government Association For the Students of Morris Brown College
Roslyn Pope - President of Student Government Association For the Students of Spelman College

Partial list of links to full text copies of An Appeal for Human Rights

• Civil rights movement veterans, An Appeal for Human Rights - - March 9th, 1960 - from: http://www.crmvet.org/docs/aa4hr.htm
• An Appeal for Human Rights - March 9th, 1960 - from: Atlanta Student Movement
• An Appeal for Human Rights - March 9th, 1960 - As Posted on WikiSource

References

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