African Americans -- Civil rights
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta Gazette, February 1966 issue
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS971f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains volume 1, issue 4 of the Atlanta Gazette, which contains news for and about the local African American community. Of particular note are articles about the Milwaukee Braves’ potential move to Atlanta; Robert C. Weaver’s (1907-1997) confirmation as the first Black member of the United States Cabinet; national income and employment statistics about African Americans; and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) use of the...
Dates:
1966 February
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
Effie Ward letters to Josephine Heyman
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS969f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two letters from Effie Ward to Josephine Heyman (1901-1993), the president of the DeKalb County League of Women Voters. In the first letter, Ward expresses her gratitude to the League for promoting equal education and services for Black children and briefly comments on the welfare of the Black community. She also offers to sew a dress for Heyman’s daughter. In the second letter, Ward writes about social conditions and challenges facing Atlanta’s Black community from...
Dates:
1946 February
Eleanor Hand Peoplestown neighborhood essay and interviews with Henry Phipps and Grace Barksdale
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS852f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an essay written by Eleanor Hand entitled "A Re-Viewing of Peoplestown" in which she presents a history of Peoplestown, a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. Specifically, she analyses it’s geographical development in relation to the railroad tracks, housing trends, racial prejudice against its residents, the Civil Rights Movement, and her hope for the future of the neighborhood. The collection also has two recordings in which Eleanor Hand interviews Henry Phipps and...
Dates:
1994
H.O.P.E., INC. (Help Our Public Education) records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS427
Scope and Contents of the Records
The H.O.P.E., Inc. records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed and published materials generated by the organization. The bulk of the collection are newspaper clippings which document the school closure crisis in Virginia, Arkansas, and Georgia. The clippings are drawn from Georgia newspapers including The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Constitution, Northside Neighbor, Augusta Courier, Marietta Daily Journal, and ...
Dates:
1954-1961, undated
John Wallace Malone letter to Senators Harry F. Byrd and Walter F. George
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS963f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter that John Wallace Malone wrote to United States senators Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966) of Virginia, and Walter F. George (1878-1957) of Georgia. Both Democratic senators supported racial segregation. In the letter, Malone uses racist rhetoric to argue that "Southern people do not hate Negroes" and that the Federal government should allow states to make decisions regarding race relations. To support his argument, he references instances of supposed racial harmony...
Dates:
1948 March 1
John Wesley Dobbs letter to Roy D. McClain
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS960f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter written by John Wesley Dobbs on Prince Hall Grand Lodge stationary to Rev. Roy D. McClain. In the letter, Dobbs contests McClain’s sermons that promote racial segregation and limiting African Americans' access to higher education. Dobbs uses the Bible to argue that Black's should have access to higher education not only because they are Americans, but because it would help improve the country's economy and progress. He also contends that integration is a...
Dates:
1956
NAACP World War II membership brochure
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS983f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a brochure published by the NAACP encouraging recipients to donate and become a member. It includes two excerpts of letters written by soldiers that assert the importance of the organization and urge others to donate. It also contains an inventory of funds the United States Army and Navy contributed to the NAACP, as well as a list of it's achievements.
Dates:
approximately 1942
Resurgens Atlanta documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS659
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Resurgens Atlanta’s operations, committee membership, and executive board activities. Material includes by-laws, meetings notes and minutes, attendance records, and correspondence from members and prospective members that contain applications, resumes, and invitations to social events. In addition, there are financial records such as bank statements and invoices that detail administrative costs, no-show fees, and bills. Of particular note are booklets and...
Dates:
1970-1986, undated
Southern Regional Council documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS373
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of reports and newsletters published by the Southern Regional Council about African Americans living in the South. Report topics include: voter registration and politics, health care, school desegregation, the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike of 1968, and riots and civil disorder. The collection also contains episode transcripts from Will the Circle be Unbroken: A Personal History of the Civil Rights Movement in Five Southern...
Dates:
1944-1997, undated