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African American newspapers -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Anti-slavery and Atlanta Race Massacre newspapers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS972f
Scope and Contents This collection contains an Italian newspaper, La Tribuna, and a French newspaper, Le Petit Journal, published on October 7, 1906, that feature front page color prints and articles about the Atlanta Race Massacre which occurred on September 22-24, 1906. There is also an article that The Independent, an African American weekly newspaper from Atlanta, Georgia, published on October 11, 1906. It...
Dates: 1851, 1906

George Mason Coleman scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1233
Scope and Contents This collection contains scrapbooks that document George Mason Coleman’s career as a journalist in Atlanta. The bulk of the material is newspaper clippings of his work at Atlanta Daily World including cartoons, poems, articles, and photographs about the Civil Rights Movement, the African American community in Atlanta, legal affairs, and race relations. In addition, there is a scrapbook of correspondence from corporations and individuals praising his work as...
Dates: 1947-2006, undated