National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Austin T. Walden papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS614
Scope and Content
This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Austin T. Walden. The papers are primarily office files and case briefs from his law career. Additional material includes correspondence, financial papers, membership information, political campaign documents, speeches, and marketing and outreach material from various organizations. The collection contains materials from the many organizations to which Walden belonged or defended in court, such as the NAACP, the Atlanta Negro...
Dates:
1900-1969, undated
Herman L. Turner papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1226
Scope and Contents
This collection contains mostly correspondence and press clippings from Reverend Turner's latter years in ministry, with a focus on the 1957 "Ministers' Manifesto" and similar materials connected to the second statement issued the following year. Additional material includes speeches, publications and other writings from Turner's earlier professional and social affiliations.
Dates:
1934-1966, undated
Maria Helena Dolan photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS423
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials collected by Maria Helena Dolan that document her personal life and Atlanta LGBTQ+ community activist meetings and events such as Black Pride, sponsored by In The Life Atlanta (ITLA). Of special note are images related to a Forsyth County protest in response to the Ku Klux Klan's attack on civil rights marchers a week earlier during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Also included is an image of Ray Kluka, Chris Hagen, and Gil Robison as recipients...
Dates:
1954-2003, undated
Sam Massell photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS322
Scope and Content
This collection documents the public life of former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell. The majority of the images in the collection depict his time as mayor; others document his career as a realtor and member of the City of Atlanta Board of Aldermen. The images also document Massell's ceremonial duties as mayor, including presiding over groundbreakings; presenting keys to the city to special visitors; and ceremonies involving MARTA and Delta Airlines. The collection features images of Massell...
Dates:
1954-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1974
Voices Across the Color Line oral history recordings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS180
Scope and Contents of the Records
The bulk of these oral histories deal with the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. Specific events mentioned include the student movement centering on Atlanta University; The Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR); creation and publication of the Atlanta Enquirer newspaper; the organization of the Atlanta Committee of Cooperative Action (ACCA), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and activities to desegregate city buses and restaurants. Other topics that are discussed...
Dates:
2005-2006
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- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Awards -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- AIDS activists 1
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- African Americans -- History 1
- Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Albany (Ga.) 1
- American poetry 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- Bankruptcy -- Georgia 1
- Birmingham (Ala.) 1
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- Campaign paraphernalia 1
- Chattanooga (Tenn.) 1
- Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights demonstrations 1
- Clergy -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Education -- Religious aspects -- Georgia 1
- Elections -- Georgia 1
- Elections -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Financial statements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Forsyth County (Ga.) 1
- Fraternal organizations -- Georgia 1
- Gay activists 1
- Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gay liberation movement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gay pride celebrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- International travel 1
- Jewish businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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- Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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- Political campaigns -- Georgia 1
- Political campaigns -- Georgia -- 1960-1970 1
- Political customs and rites -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Politicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History. 1
- Poor People's Campaign 1
- Presbyterian Church -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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- Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Race relations 1
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- Religion 1
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- Selma (Ala.) 1
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- Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
- Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Summerhill (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Tourism and city planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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- Women -- Political activity -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Woodruff Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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