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African American visual arts collection
Agatha Sheehan photographs
The collection contains images of former enslaved people and elderly African Americans who lived at the E.R. Carter Home for the Elderly. Named in honor of Reverend Edward Randolph Carter (1856-1944), the pastor spearheaded an extensive housing ministry and directed the construction of a home for the aged, which was operated by Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The home was later demolished.
Atlanta Gazette, February 1966 issue
Atlanta Housing Authority photographs
Atlanta Water Works photographs
Aubrey Williams transcript of "The Failure of Gradualism"
This collection contains a transcript of Aubrey Williams' speech, "The Failure of Gradualism" that that he presented in Atlanta, Georgia, before the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, a historically Black fraternity. In the speech, Williams calls for a united stand against States' Rights Democratic Party, commonly called Dixiecrat, politicians and white supremacists and argues against a gradualist approach to desegregation.
Austin family papers
This collection contains Eugene and Dorethia Austin’s high school diplomas and graduation programs from Buford Colored High School, a newspaper clipping about Eugene Austin speaking at Poplar Hill Baptist Church in Buford, Georgia, and a plaque honoring his induction into the United States Supreme Court as an attorney and counselor.
Backstreet Atlanta Discotheque visual arts collection
This collection contains snapshot photographs of staff and patrons inside the nightclub during special events and regular business hours. Included are professional publicity photographs of drag performers and entertainers that include Jimmy James, Cynthia Manley, Bubba McNeely, Jane Doe, and Gladys Knight. Also included are advertising flyers for special events.
Bazoline E. Usher papers
Bedford-Pine Neighborhood Photograph Collection
The collection includes images of residents and homes in the Bedford-Pine district of Atlanta, Georgia during the early 1970’s. The images depict children playing in the streets and on playgrounds as well as adults outside their homes. The photographs depict dilapidated and condemned housing in the area, a few neighborhood storefronts, refuse, and scenes of the Atlanta skyline in the background.
Chandler-Watson wedding invitation
This collection contains an invitation for the wedding between Beth Imogene Chandler, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Lewis Chandler, and Reverend Theodore John Watson, Jr. on August 29, 1964. The couple married in the Cathedral of St. Phillip. Ms. Chandler was the first African American woman married in a predominantly white church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Chris Mastin photographs of protest marches
This collection contains digital images taken by Chris Mastin of the March for Science Atlanta, the Martin Luther King Jr. March and Rally in Atlanta, and the Women's March on Washington. Photographs in this collection depict protesters holding signs and marching in downtown Atlanta and Washington D.C. The Women's March on Washington photographs also include images of protesters traveling on a charter bus from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.
Civil Rights Movement collection
Committee to Stop the Children's Murders rally announcement
This collection contains an announcement for a national rally, titled Rendezvous for Life's Sake, sponsored by the Committee to Stop the Children's Murders and organized at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. The announcement lists groups that endorsed the rally, including the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; the American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees; and the National Black Human Rights Commission.
Early Edgewood-Candler Park BiRacial History Project documents
This collection contains research materials from the Early Edgewood-Candler Park BiRacial History Project. Materials document the history of African American residents in the Edgewood-Candler Park area, such as deeds, city directories, neighborhood histories, and maps. Of particular note are theses written by Georgia State University students and papers about the neighborhood written by the project's founder, Amy Meyer Burns, about the neighborhood.
Florence W. Brine manuscripts
This collection contains three manuscripts: "Arrogant Atlanta" retells a British newspaper account of a visit to Atlanta around 1880; "Atlanta's Heart" discusses the building of the Georgia Railroad Depot in 1864 and the activities of the Beethoven Society which was located in the building; and "David Howard" a profile of a former enslaved man and his entrepreneurial activities in post-bellum Atlanta.
Fred L. Howe Cotton States and International Exposition Photographs
George Mason Coleman scrapbooks
Grace Towns Hamilton maps and photographs
Grady Memorial Hospital Photographs
This photograph collection contains images of hospital physicians, nurses, staff, patients, as well as the buildings and grounds of the institution, including Grady Memorial Hospital, the Grady Memorial School of Nursing, and Hughes Spalding Pavilion. Among the images are photographs taken during special events, such as retirement ceremonies, graduations, Christmas parties, and receptions.
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- Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 3
- Busbee, George, 1927-2004 3
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 3
- Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 3
- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Hartsfield, William Berry 3
- Jackson, Graham Washington, 1903-1983 3
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 3
- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 3
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 3
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- Atlanta Daily World (Firm) 2
- Atlanta Urban League 2
- Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993 2
- C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Coleman, George, 1922-2008 2
- Commission on Interracial Cooperation 2
- Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 2
- Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992 2
- Hughes Spalding Pavilion (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
- Long family 2
- McQueen, Butterfly 2
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 2
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 2
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 2
- Young, Andrew, 1932- 2
- ACTION 1
- Abbey, Jessie Harris 1
- Abbey, Lucile 1
- Abbey, Theo 1
- Abernathy, Ralph David, 1926-1990 1
- African Association of Georgia 1
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- Aiken, Walter Henry, 1893-1965 1
- Alabama State University 1
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- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- American Negro Music Festival 1
- Anderson, Suzanne Stearns, 1944 - 1
- Andrews, Lina 1
- Andrews, Lisa 1
- Anglin and Randall Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Antioch East Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Black Women Oral History Project 1
- Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 1
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- Backstreet Atlanta Discotheque (Ga.) 1
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- Barker, Jennie Meta, 1883-1978 1
- Barrett, Lizzie 1
- Barrington Hall (Roswell, Ga.) 1
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- Carter, Edward Randolph 1
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- Carter, Mary A. 1
- Cathedral of St. Philip (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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