President Lyndon A. Wade administrative files, 1967-1990.

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President Lyndon A. Wade administrative files, 1967-1990.

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The series consists of administrative files of Atlanta Urban League President Lyndon A. Wade from 1967-1990. The files include correspondence and administrative files including reports and pamphlets. The bulk of the material relates to the League's business of seeking better housing facilities and employment and educational opportunities for African Americans in Atlanta. The administrative files also include material relating to the League's involvement in developing the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and the League's affiliation with the United Way. Correspondents include Julian Bond, Clarence D. Coleman, James E. Dean, Elmo Israel Ellis, and Francis A. Kornegay.

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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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Wade, Lyndon 20./21. Jh.

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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...

Bond, Horace Julian, 1940-2015

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Kornegay, Francis A.

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Executive director of the Detroit Urban League. From the description of Francis A. Kornegay papers, 1936-1977. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419510 Francis A. Kornegay was born in Mt. Olive, North Carolina in 1913. He attended and graduated from North Carolina College in Durham, North Carolina in 1935 with a B.A. degree in biology and mathematics. He received his M.A. degree in guidance and personnel from the University of Michigan in 1941. In ...

Coleman, Clarence D.

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United Way of America

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Dean, James Elmer, 1887-....

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Ellis, Elmo Israel

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Elmo Israel Ellis (1918-2005), author, retired executive and broadcast journalist, was born on November 11, 1918 in Birmingham, Alabama to Samuel B. and Bertha F. Seletz Israel. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in journalism and then obtained his master degree in journalism from Emory University. He began his career in radio as director of public relations at WSB in Atlanta in 1940. During World War II, he joined the United States Air Force where he worked as a writer an...

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

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