Interracial, 1952-1960

Documents concerning YWCA of the U.S.A. institutes and workshops on implementing interracial policy and Gladys Gilkey Calkins' thesis "The Negro in the YWCA." The YWCA of the U.S.A. offers workshops and training for leaders to develop skills for implementing interracial policy, increasing interracial awareness and sharing ideas and methods for creating a racially inclusive program. Notes, reports and preparatory materials for the Institute on Intergroup Relations and Workshop on Inclusiveness include training session summaries, background information on the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s interracial policies and history, information on the issues of race and segregation in the United States and suggestions for further action. In addition to discussion of practical approaches to inclusivity the training sessions and preparatory materials also address the role of the YWCA of the U.S.A. and the Christian woman in race activism and community . Ms. Calkins' thesis to the Columbian College at George Washington University studies the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s history of interracial work, current interracial emphases and their role in the desegregation movements. Local association interracial practices are summarized in a collection of excerpts from visitation reports and a summary of data collected for a study of membership practices in the southern region.