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African Americans -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Agatha Sheehan photographs

 File
Identifier: ahc.VIS359
Scope and Content 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.
Dates: approximately 1900, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Agatha Sheehan photographs

Home Owners' Loan Corporation rental advertisements

 Collection
Identifier: ahc.MSS556f
Scope and Content This collection contains nine Atlanta rental advertisements, with five listings for "black properties" and four listings for "white properties." Advertisements contain the address, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, the size of property in square feet, the annual taxes, rental prices, and full sales prices.
Dates: 1938-1940
Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center / Home Owners' Loan Corporation rental advertisements