George A. Towns collection, 1851-1963.

Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938

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James Weldon Johnson was a publisher, educator, lawyer, composer, artist, diplomat, and civil rights leader. Together with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, he wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which came to be known as the "Negro National Anthem", as well as a large number of popular songs for the musical stage of the early twentieth century. Johnson also served as consul of the United States to Venezuela and Nicaragua. He wrote several books and served as editor of the New York Age. ...

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Clement, Rufus E., 1900-1967

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Rufus Early Clement (b. 1900 d. 1967) was the sixth and longest-serving President of Atlanta University. He was elected in 1937 and held the position until his death in 1967. During his administration, the Atlanta School of Social Work, a self-supporting professional school affiliated with the University, and the Schools of Library Service, Education, and Business Administration were established. Also, doctoral programs were instituted in the fields of biology, education, and mathematics. ...

Towns, George A. (George Alexander), 1870-1960

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George Alexander Towns (b.. 1870 d. 1960) was an educator, author, and community activist. For most of his life, Towns was affiliated with Atlanta University (AU)), first as a student, then professor and finally as an active alumnus. One of his most notable contributions is as founder and editor of the Crimson and Gray, the AU Alumni Association monthly newsletter. He was a member of the class of 1894 which also included his close friend James Weldon Johnson with whom he corresponded until Johns...

Towns, Nellie McNair, 1879-1967.

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Crogman, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1931

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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Educated at Fisk University, he did graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate. Du Bois became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University. Due to his contributions in the African-American community he was seen as a member of a Black elite that supported some aspects ...

Fort Valley State University

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Atlanta University Center (Ga.)

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The Atlanta University Financial Records are a part of the Atlanta University Presidential Records series. The charter establishing Atlanta University was approved October 16, 1867. The University was part of the movement to educate Negroes at the end of the Civil War, and an extension of educational efforts spearheaded by freedmen and abolitionists, and was supported by black and white churches and organizations such as the American Missionary Association and the Freedmen's Bureau. The first st...

Adams, Myron Winslow.

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Seaver, William N.

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Bumstead, Horace, 1841-1919

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Horace Bumstead (1841-1919) was the son of Josiah Freeman Bumstead, a Boston merchant, and Lucy Douglas Willis Bumstead. He was educated at the Boston Latin School and Yale College (Class of 1863) and became a Congregationalist minister and educator. During the Civil War, Bumstead was commissioned as a Major for the 43rd regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops where he served from April 1864 to December 1865. He later joined the faculty of Atlanta University and served as their second president from...

Case, Lucy Elizabeth.

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