American Civil Liberties Union
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Cobb Citizens Coalition records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1211
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created by the Cobb Citizens Coalition (CCC) that document the organization's efforts to remove Olympic events from Cobb County because of its anti-gay legislation. Papers include financial records, marketing and advertising ephemera, publications and research, correspondence, and event planning documentation. There are also records created by organizers, the bulk of which belonged to Elaine Hill, including meeting notes, awards, and correspondence. In...
Dates:
1980-2007, undated
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- African American civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
- African Americans -- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cobb County (Ga.) 1
- Gay activists 1
- Gay rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Georgia 1
- Gays -- Political activity 1
- Georgia -- Politics and government 1
- Homosexuality -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Lynchings -- 1940-1950 1
- Protest movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Segregation in education -- Georgia 1 + ∧ less
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