Southern Regional Council
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Aubrey Williams transcript of "The Failure of Gradualism"
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS957f
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1949
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
Civil Rights Movement collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS748f
Scope and Content
This collection contains fliers, pamphlets, mailouts, and statements from the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia. Subjects addressed in the documents include racial relations in the south, school segregation, African-American voting, civil rights demonstrations, and memorials to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some materials in this collection pre-date the recognized beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, in 1954. Of particular note is a handbill from Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to boycot...
Dates:
1934-1991, undated
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- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 2
- Segregation in education -- Georgia 2
- Abstracts of title -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Segregation 1
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- American poetry 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- Bankruptcy -- Georgia 1
- Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Campaign paraphernalia 1
- Civil rights -- Georgia 1
- Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Elections -- Georgia 1
- Financial statements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fraternal organizations -- Georgia 1
- Law -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Law firms -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Legal instruments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Lynchings -- 1940-1950 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Georgia 1
- Political campaigns -- Georgia 1
- Racial justice -- Georgia 1
- Segregation -- Georgia 1
- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Social justice -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
- Voting -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- White supremacy movements -- Georgia 1
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