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Andrew J. Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl98-005
Scope and Contents note The Andrew J. Young Papers document his career and family life spanning more than 50 years, including his positions as a minister, civil rights activist, Congressman, Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta, Co-Chair of the 1996 Atlanta Committee of the Olympic Games, and his involvement with Law Companies Group, Inc. and GoodWorks International. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, press releases, calendars, books, minutes, reports, publications,...
Dates: 1910s-2007

Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters oral history interviews

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Identifier: aarl91-007
Scope and Content Note AIB's video project began in 1990 with several purposes: (1) documenting the reminiscences of elderly members of various Afro-American churches throughout Atlanta through oral history interviews; (2) recording individual church histories; (3) interviewing outstanding personalities of the South who have made a difference to society and documenting their oral history; (4) recording styles of singing and worship that existed in a previous time and which are dying out; and (5) documenting...
Dates: 1990-

Boyd Lewis framed photograph collection

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Identifier: aarl00002
Scope and Contents

The Lewis Boyd Photograph Collection contains approximately 86 photographs. Of that number 68 are framed. The photographs are all black and white and are 10 x 8 inches. The collection also includes an issue of the Atlanta Voice that features the photographs of Boyd Lewis.

Dates: 1960 - 1980

Civil rights discussion series recordings

 Collection
Identifier: aarl97-017
Overview

The series of recordings of Atlanta Fulton Public Library's Oral history discussion series in 1997 treats the involvement of Atlanta University students in the Civil Rights movement and more specifically in the Atlanta University Student Movement. The former students discussed picket lines, sit-ins, the student leaders, and The appeal for human rights. The speakers also include lawyers who supported the students during their protests.

Dates: 1997

Fred C. Bennette, Jr. collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl002-003
Overview

The collection contains photographs, news articles, minutes, and other printed materials which documents Fred C. Bennette's involvement with the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1965-1980; Bulk, 1965-1980 1962-1994 1965-1980

Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network

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Identifier: aarl-07-2016
Scope and Contents

The Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network Collection was donated by Elizabeth A. Lyon, a former State Historic Preservation Officer of the Georgia Historic Preservation Division, in recognition of the efforts of the Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network and its program coordinators and projects.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1982 - 2016

Julian Bond papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl96-012
Overview

The collection covers the period from 1969 to 1996 and contains correspondence, organizational and institutional material related to the Voter Education Project, Political Associates, and The Southern Elections Fund, stationery, clippings, newsletters, political ephemera, articles and a book written by Julian Bond as well as items relating to the African American political life and Constance Curry's history of race relations and integration in Sunflower County (Miss.), Silver rights.

Dates: 1969-1996

Kathleen A. Hauke papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl94-013
Scope and Contents

The Kathleen A. Hauke Papers consists of writings, correspondences, newspaper clippings, photographs, and audio transcripts and recordings.The materials contain information Kathleen A. Hauke compiled for various writing projects, inlcuding biographies and works pertaining to race relations.

Dates: 1925-2004; Majority of material found within 1989-1990

Komozi Woodard Amiri Baraka collection

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Identifier: aarl01-001
Overview The collection consists of materials from the years 1913 through 1998 that document African American author and activist Amiri Baraka and were gathered by Dr. Komozi Woodard in the course of his research. The extensive documentation includes poetry, organizational records, print publications, articles, plays, speeches, personal correspondence, oral histories, as well as some personal records. The materials cover Baraka's involvement in the politics in Newark, N.J. and in Black Power movement...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1960-1988; Bulk, 1960-1988 1913-1998 1960-1988

Martin Luther King Jr., ephemera collection

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Identifier: aarl-unknown05
Scope and Contents The Martin Luther King Jr. Collection documents the aftermath of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968. The bulk of the materials originate in 1968, but their scope extends from 1968 to 1992. This collection includes publications, programs, biographical sketches, news clippings, and memorabilia created to commemorate his momentous life. Of particular significance is the program for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Funeral (1968), the program for Martin Luther King Sr.’s Retirement...
Dates: 1968 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1968

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 3
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 3
Young, Andrew, 1932- 3
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 2
King family 2