African American newspapers -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 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
Grace Towns Hamilton papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS597
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondences, reports, certificates, scrapbooks, bills, memorandums, proposals, speeches, newspaper clippings, resolutions, publications, and minutes documenting the life and career of Grace Towns Hamilton. The bulk of the collection is comprised of papers documenting Hamilton’s time as a state representative in the Georgia General Assembly and her participation in various government commissions, committees, and subcommittees. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1928-1988, undated