African Americans--Education--Georgia--Atlanta.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Charmayne Johnson family papers
Collection
Collection number: aarl004-007
Scope and Contents note
The Charmayne Johnson family papers, 1900-1998, include awards, certificates, cards, church bulletins, correspondence, funeral programs, materials related to education, legal documents, newsletters, photographs, yearbooks, and other items collected by various members of the Brooks and Johnson families. A portion of the collection consists of papers related to the education of Albert and Georgia Brooks. These include but are not limited to school assignments and report cards, alumni...
Dates:
1900-1998, undated
Dr. Claude C. George, Jr. family papers
Collection
Collection number: aarl96-015
Overview
The collection contains six volumes of Capital Avenue Elementary School publications from 1972 through 1973, Cooper Street Elementary School publications from 1970 through 1972, biographical information about Atlanta educator Dr. Claude C. George, Jr. and other family members, clippings from the Atlanta constitution and Atlanta daily world from 1957 through 1964, pamphlets, periodicals, essays, and other publications relating to the Atlanta public schools (1974-1990), and a diploma from...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1971-1990; Bulk, 1971-1990 1912-1996 1971-1990
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Atlanta Branch records
Collection
Collection number: aarl98-007
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,...
Dates:
1950-1998
Selena Sloan Butler papers
Collection
Collection number: 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