Scope and Contents note The NAACP Atlanta Branch Records document the administration and committee work of the organization. The collection comes primarily from Jondelle Johnson’s tenure as Executive Director from 1972-1985 and her leadership with the Special Projects Committee in the 1990s. Presidents represented in the collection include Samuel W. Williams, C. Miles Smith, Lonnie King, and Julian Bond. The collection spans nearly 40 years and documents the Branch’s activities and initiatives through legislation,...

Overview

The papers date from the 1960s to 1989 and consist of photographs, news clippings, and memorabilia related to Willard L. Strickland's career as a police officer in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia and his role integrating the Decatur Police Dept.