Executive Director Grace Towns Hamilton administrative files, 1942-1961, 1967.

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Executive Director Grace Towns Hamilton administrative files, 1942-1961, 1967.

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The series consists of administrative files of Atlanta Urban League Executive Director Grace Towns Hamilton from 1942-1961, 1967. The files include correspondence and administrative files consisting of correspondence, minutes, printed materials, and reports relating to Hamilton's activities inside and outside the League. Much of the correspondence relates to affairs of the Atlanta Urban League and includes such correspondents as Morris B Abram, James P. Brawley, William B. Hartsfield, Thurgood Marshall, and Whitney M. Young. Among materials in the administrative files are correspondence and reports relating to the building of the Hughes Spalding Pavillion at Grady Memorial Hospital; activities of the Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services; and files on organizations closely allied to the League, such as the Atlanta Negro Voters League, the B'nai B'rith Anti-defamation League, and the American Civil Liberties Union. There are also records pertaining to Hamilton's involvement with the Southern Regional Council, the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, the Executive Council of the Atlanta Community Chest, and the Gate City Day Nursery Association. The collection documents the League's efforts to seek better housing facilities, education, and health services for African Americans in Atlanta.

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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