 Map of the U.S. South (2011), region supported by the SCHW | |
| Successor | Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) |
|---|---|
| Formation | November 20, 1938 |
| Founder | Joseph Gelders, Lucy Randolph Mason, Hugo Black, Aubrey Willis Williams, Mary McLeod Bethune, James Dombrowski, Bibb Graves, Virginia Foster Durr |
| Founded at | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Dissolved | November 21, 1948 |
| Purpose | Promote social justice, civil rights, electoral reform |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, Alabama |
The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) (1938–1948) was an organization that sought to promote New Deal-type reforms to the South in terms of social justice, civil rights, and electoral reform. It folded due to funding problems and allegations of Communist sympathies; its successor was the former sub-group the Education Fund.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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