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African American civic leaders -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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 70 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 for the Olympic Games. The collection also covers his involvement with Young Ideas, Law Companies Group, Inc., GoodWorks International, the Andrew Young Foundation and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State...
Dates: 1910s-2018

Boyd Lewis framed photograph collection

 Collection
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

Ebon Dooley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl011-024
Scope and Contents note Ebon Dooley Collection is 63.5 linear feet and date from 1970 to 1990. Found within the collection are Civic Organizations, Liberation Movements: Africa, Liberation Movements: Asia, Liberation Movements: China, Liberation Movement: Latin America / Caribbean, Liberation Movement: Middle East, Liberation Movement: Native America, Liberation Movement: Women Struggle and Liberation Movement: USA, Newsletters / Articles / Reports, Newsletters, Newspapers & Newsletters, Newspapers & News...
Dates: 1970 - 1990

Gate City Bar Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: aarl095-008
Scope and Contents

The collection documents the Gate City Bar Association from the late 1980s- early 1990s. Administrative records include agendas, minutes and correspondence. A large portion of the collection is news clippings and local publications.

Dates: 1985 - 1995

Howard Baugh, Sr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl099-003
Scope and Contents

The Howard Baugh Sr. Papers document his career and life spanning more than 50 years, including his roles as a veteran of World War II, drill sergeant instructor, Detective, Lieutenant, Captain, and Superintendent in Atlanta Police Department.

The collection contains correspondence, speeches, books, criminal reports and records, police administration documents, newspapers, magazines, photographs, scrapbooks, Certificates and awards, programs, notes, and ephemera.

Dates: 1950 - 2007

John Wesley Dobbs / Prince Hall Masons collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl016-001
Scope and Contents

The John Wesley Dobbs / Prince Hall Mason Collection consists of 2.5 linear feet of materials, dating from 1950 to 1968. It is arranged into two series: Personal Papers and Photographs, which appear to include items that belonged to Mr. Joseph Phinazee.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 1990

Selena Sloan Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl09-002
Scope and Content Note The Selena Sloan Butler family papers document the family's personal, professional, and civic activities from 1886 to 1983 through correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, photographs, engravings, artifacts, programs, personal journals, notes, pamphlets and publications. The photographs and photo engravings portray the Butler family and other African American men, women and children in social settings, though information about the dates, names, and...
Dates: 1886-1893

William and Mary Jackson collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl00-004
Scope and Contents note This collection comprises the personal and professional papers of William and Mary Jackson. However, William Jackson created a majority of the items in the collection. It includes biographical data, reports from affiliated organizations such as the Atlanta University School of Social Work, The Community Action Agency (CAA), Morehouse and Morris Brown College, the Social Security Administration (SAA) and council minutes from the First Congregational Church. There are correspondences,...
Dates: 1855-2000