Lokey, Muriel
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Muriel Lokey papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS967
Scope and Content
During her term as director of the Poverty Rights Office, Muriel Lokey retained documents relating to the P.R.O., Emmaus House, and the activism efforts of Peoplestown residents. Records from the P.R.O. include copies of the Poor People's Newspaper (1970-1993), a monthly publication that contained information for poor people in Atlanta in the areas of housing, social security, welfare, school lunches, health care, the police and the law, politics, and...
Dates:
1970-1993, undated
Voices Across the Color Line oral history recordings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS180
Scope and Contents of the Records
The bulk of these oral histories deal with the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. Specific events mentioned include the student movement centering on Atlanta University; The Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR); creation and publication of the Atlanta Enquirer newspaper; the organization of the Atlanta Committee of Cooperative Action (ACCA), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and activities to desegregate city buses and restaurants. Other topics that are discussed...
Dates:
2005-2006
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- African Americans -- History 1
- Albany (Ga.) 1
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- Birmingham (Ala.) 1
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- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Newsletters 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Peoplestown (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Poor People's Campaign 1
- Poverty -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Race relations 1
- Racism -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Religion 1
- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Selma (Ala.) 1
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