Series 13, Awards and Artifacts, contains certificates, honorary degrees, plaques, trophies, statues, and other awards.

Artifacts include buttons, coasters, coins, "keys" to cities, keychains, medals, nametags, paperweights, pens, pins, pocketknives, and watches. Topics include campaigns, politics, Atlanta, Georgia, events, United Nations, and gifts from other cities and countries. Olympics artifacts are primarily from the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games but also include Lillehammer, Barcelona, Sydney, Seoul, and various countries and sponsors.

Hats are from campaigns, groundbreakings, and other countries. Textiles are fabrics and clothing from other countries. T-shirts are from campaigns, Dream Jamboree, and the Atlanta Sesquicentennial. There are men's ties advertising the Olympics, voting, and the Democratic party. Bags are from campaigns, Jamaica, Olympic Games, the 1984 Democratic National Convention, and other events.

Some awards include: Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Union (1969), Citizen of the Year from Thomasville, Georgia (1956), Citizen of the Year from Georgia Conference of Black Lawyers, Inc. (1976), Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award for humanitarian services (1978), Congressional Black Caucus Humanitarian Award (1977), Arab-American Society of San Diego (1981), National Police of Guatemala (1987), St. John A.M.E. Church Cape Town (1993), Atlanta Life Insurance Company Pioneer Award (1990), The National Conference of Christians and Jews (1991), Georgia Trend's 100 Most Influential People in Georgia (1992).