Atlanta University Published and Printed Materials. 1867-1992.

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Atlanta University Published and Printed Materials. 1867-1992.

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This collection consists of Atlanta University publications such as catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and printed materials including programs, announcements, invitations, brochures, and reports. These materials document the activities, events, growth and development of Atlanta University. Noted publications of the University are the "Atlanta University Bulletin", "The Phylon", and Atlanta University Publications. The "Atlanta University Bulletin" has articles about events, the academic program, accomplishments of alumni, speeches and sermons that were delivered at the University and commentary on political and educational issues. "The Phylon", with W.E.B. Du Bois as editor in chief, was a journal dedicated to the study of race and culture. "The Atlanta University Publications" is a series of monographs on topics pertaining to life, health, economic development and social conditions of African Americans. The Publications are selected presentations made at the annual Conference for the Study of Negro Problems held at Atlanta University. Many of these monographs were edited by W.E.B. DuBois. The series was published from 1896 to 1917. Briefly renewed in 1941, the series was permanently discontinued in 1944. The Atlanta University Publications were reprinted by Arno Press in 1969 as Volume 1 and 2 in "The American Negro, His History and Literature."

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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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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 ...

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...