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Education, Higher -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry A. Corriher, Jr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS912
Scope and Content

The collection contains Atlanta Chamber of Commerce publications, building sales proposals, development proposals, a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) proposal, an airline guide, some schedules for the arts, and correspondence.

Dates: 1956-1985

John Wesley Dobbs letter to Roy D. McClain

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS960f
Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter written by John Wesley Dobbs on Prince Hall Grand Lodge stationary to Rev. Roy D. McClain. In the letter, Dobbs contests McClain’s sermons that promote racial segregation and limiting African Americans' access to higher education. Dobbs uses the Bible to argue that Black's should have access to higher education not only because they are Americans, but because it would help improve the country's economy and progress. He also contends that integration is a...
Dates: 1956