Jasper Alston Atkins papers 1922-1997

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Jasper Alston Atkins papers 1922-1997

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1811

The papers consist of legal documents, writings, clippings, correspondence, and photographs that document the career of Jasper Alston Atkins. The papers emphasize Atkins' civil rights court cases.

2 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351681

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Atkins, Jasper Alston, 1898-1982.

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Jasper Alston Atkins was born August 8, 1898, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1919 and from Yale Law School in 1922. He practiced law in Oklahoma and Texas from 1922-1936 before returning to North Carolina to serve as executive secretary for Winston-Salem Teachers College from 1936-1960. Throughout his career, Atkins worked for the advancement of civil rights. Jasper Alston Atkins died June 28, 1982. From the description...