Tobias, Channing Heggie, 1882-1961

[Channing Heggie Tobias (b. Augusta, Georgia on February 1, 1882-d. November 5, 1961, New York, New York), YMCA official and civil rights worker. President Truman appointed him to the Civil Rights Committee in 1946.]

found: Human rights as applied to race ... 1952:container (Dr. Channing H. Tobias)

found: Dictionary of American Negro biography, 1982:p. 593 (Tobias, Channing H[eggie] (1882-1961) YMCA secretary, and religious and civic leader)

found: Photograph, President Harry S. Truman meets with the Special Committee on Civil Rights, Truman Library, October 29, 1947:(features Channing H. Tobias, former YMCA official)

found: Blackpast.org via Google search, Dec. 15, 2014(Channing H. Tobias; b. Augusta, Georgia on February 1, 1882; d. November 5, 1961; acquired fame through his work with the YMCA; In 1946 President Harry Truman appointed Tobias to the Civil Rights Committee) - http://www.blackpast.org/aah/tobias-channing-h-1882-1961

found: Wikipedia.org, Dec. 15, 2014(Channing Heggie Tobias; b. February 1, 1882 in Augusta, Georgia; d. November 5, 1961 in Manhattan, N.Y.; civil rights activist and Spingarn Medalist. In 1946 he was appointed to the President's Committee on Civil Rights) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channing_Heggie_Tobias

found: University of Minnesota, Kautz Family YMCA Archives WWW site, Dec. 15, 2014:Channing H. Tobias: an inventory of his papers ... 1911-1961 (Channing Heggie Tobias was born 1 February 1882 in Augusta, Georgia; went on to earn a B.A. from Paine College in 1902, a B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1905, and did special work at the University of Pennsylvania; Most of Tobias's career was devoted to the YMCA; During World War II, he was a member of the National Advisory Committee on Selective Service and the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation. President Truman appointed him to the Committee on Civil Rights in 1946. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the NAACP and elected its chairman in 1953; In 1953, he was alternate representative to the United Nations for the United States; served on the boards of the Marshall Filed and Jessie Smith Noyes Foundations, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, the American Bible Society, Hampton Institute, and Palmer Memorial Institute; received the 1948 Spingarn Medal; married Mary Pritchard in 1908. The couple had two daughters. After the death of his first wife in 1949, Tobias married Eva Arnold in 1951. He died on 5 November 1961 after a long illness) - http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/html/ymca/yusa0007.phtml

[Channing Heggie Tobias (b. Augusta, Georgia on February 1, 1882-d. November 5, 1961, New York, New York), YMCA official and civil rights worker. President Truman appointed him to the Civil Rights Committee in 1946.]