Ruby Parks Blackburn, 1933-1982.

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Ruby Parks Blackburn, 1933-1982.

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The collection consists of papers of Ruby Parks Blackburn from 1933-1982. The papers include correspondence, financial records, minutes, scrapbooks, photographs, ledgers, ephemera, and political broadsides. The materials document Blackburn's involvement with the T.I.C. (To Improve Conditions) Club, the Atlanta Cultural League, and Ruby's Beauty Shop. Of particular interest are minutes (1954-1956, 1971-1976) and voter lists (1965-1975) of the Georgia League of Negro Women Voters and minutes (1948-1950) of the Atlanta Cultural League. The collection also contains information pertaining to Blackburn's activities to improve bus transportation in the Dixie Hills community and her candidacy for the Fulton County Democratic Executive Committee/3rd Ward (1958). Notable correspondents include Julian Bond, Maynard Jackson, and Herman Talmadge.

9.5 cubic ft.

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403378

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Central Library

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Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003

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Atlanta Cultural League (Ga.)

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League of Negro Women Voters of Georgia.

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Bond, Horace Julian, 1940-2015

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Ruby's Beauty Shop (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Blackburn, Ruby Parks, 1901-1982.

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Ruby Georgia Parks Blackburn (1901-1982), beautician and community activist, organized the T.I.C. (To Improve Conditions) Club (1932), the Atlanta Cultural League and Training Center (1945), and the Georgia League of Negro Women Voters (1951), resided in Fulton County, Georgia. From the description of Ruby Parks Blackburn, 1933-1982. (Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 38476532 ...

Democratic Party (Ga.)

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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002

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Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and U.S. Senator (1956-1980), born near McRae, Georgia. From the description of Herman E. Talmadge senatorial papers, 1945-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477028 Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and United States Senator (1956-1980) born near McRae, Georgia. T. Rogers Wade served as administrative assistant, fund raiser, and chairman of the 1980 U.S. senatorial campaign for Senator Talm...