Austin Thomas Walden Photograph Collection, 1915-1965.

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Austin Thomas Walden Photograph Collection, 1915-1965.

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Family photographs and images that highlight A..T. Walden's career as a civic leader and attorney. Family photographs consist of images of Walden, including some taken during his military service. His wife Mary Ellen, and grandchildren are also featured. The focus of the remainder of the collection is on Walden's career. These photographs include Walden with organizations he belonged to such as the Butler Street Y.M.C.A. and the Conference of Southern Democrats. Also in the collection are photographs of events, including an image taken during one of the "Sibley Commission" hearings on Atlanta public school desegregation in 1960. Some events are unidentified, but feature Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., Banker L.D. Milton, the Reverend William Holmes Borders, Judge William Henry Hastie, and Robert F. Kennedy. Other material includes photographs of some of Walden's legal clients and images surrounding their court cases.

48 photographs.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7605898

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993

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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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Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Allen, Ivan, Jr., 1911-

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Georgia. General Assembly. Committee on Schools

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Bacote, Clarence A., 1906-1981

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Dr. Clarence Bacote, historian and political scientist, was a professor and chair of the history department at Atlanta University. He was active in black politics in Atlanta during the 1940s. From the description of Papers, 1936-1980, 1974-1977. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 43965544 ...