Papers, 1885-1965.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

Afro-American Life Insurance Company

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The Afro-American Life Insurance Company was an historic Jacksonville, Fla., business founded in 1901 by Abraham Lincoln Lewis, Rev. E.J. Gregg, Rev. J. Milton Waldron and others. During the early twentieth century, it served as the leading financial center of the African American community in Jacksonville, which was reflected in the name change in 1918 to the Afro-American Industrial Insurance Company. The Company routinely sponsored charitable and educational activities. With competition from ...

Atlanta (Ga.). City Executive Commission

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Atlanta Urban League

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The Atlanta Urban League, an affiliate of the National Urban League, was established in 1920. It is a private, non-profit, interracial community service organization which functions as a vehicle for addressing the social and economic problems of the black community in Atlanta, Georgia. Grace Towns Hamilton (1907- ) served as Executive Director of the Atlanta Urban League from 1943-1960. From the description of Executive Director Grace Towns Hamilton administrative files, 1942-1961, 1...

Walden, A. T. (Austin Thomas), 1885-1965

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African American lawyer, civil rights leader, and civic leader, of Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1885-1965. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414773 A.T. (Austin Thomas) Walden (1885-1965) was born April 12, 1885 in Fort Valley, Georgia. He attended Fort Valley Industrial School, Atlanta University, and the University of Michigan where he received an LL. B. degree in 1911. He began his law practice in Macon in 1912 before serving in the U.S. Army...

Democratic Party (Ga.)

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Atlanta Negro Voters League

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American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...

Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Georgia Voters League

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