Southern Conference Educational Fund

Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF)
PredecessorSouthern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW)
FormationNovember 20, 1942; 81 years ago (1942-11-20)
Dissolved1981; 43 years ago (1981)
PurposePromote social justice, civil rights, electoral reform
HeadquartersNew Orleans; Louisville; Atlanta
Region
American South
Key people
Anne Braden, Carl Braden
Staff
Carol Hanisch, Bob Zellner, Dorothy Zellner

The Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) (1942–1981) was an organization that sought to promote social justice, civil rights, and electoral reform in the American South, particularly for African Americans. The organization began as the Education Fund of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW), before becoming an independent successor organization after the SCHW was disbanded in 1948.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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