Josephine Mathewson Wilkins papers, 1920-1977.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Southern Regional Council

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The Help Our Public Education (HOPE) project was established in 1958 by a group of community leaders and concerned citizens to disseminate information regarding school integration in Georgia. After the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision of 1954, HOPE anticipated that many of Georgia's public schools would close, because the state would refuse to comply. HOPE believed an informed public would take the necessary action through elected representatives to keep Georgia's public schools ope...

Citizens' Fact Finding Movement of Georgia

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A statewide self-examination led by seventeen organizations. Its purpose was public education through publication of reports and recommendations about a broad range of social and economic issues affecting Georgia. From the description of Citizen's Fact Finding Movement of Georgia records, 1937-1940. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 51552147 ...

Harris, Julian LaRose, 1874-1963

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Julian LaRose Harris, journalist and editor, son of author Joel Chandler Harris, was born in Savannah, Georgia, 21 June 1974, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, 9 February 1963. He married Julia Florida Collier (1875-1967), an artist and writer, in 1897 and they wrote for and edited several newspapers in the South and elsewhere. Julian Harris was associated with the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (1892-1907 and 1930-1935) and the CHATTANOOGA TIMES; he edited the UNCLE REMUS HOME MAGAZINE (1907-1912) and the Co...

Woodward, Emily, 1885-1970

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Emily Barnelia Woodward, author, educator, journalist, and publisher, was born 2 May 1885, in Vienna, Georgia, and died there 23 March 1970. She was owner (1916), editor and publisher (1918-1930) of the VIENNA (Georgia) NEWS, while contributing articles to other newspapers and magazines; was president of the Georgia Press Association (1928), founder of the Georgia Press Institute (1928) and the Leadership Training Institute (1947, University of Georgia); directed various organizations for Forums...

Wilkins, Josephine Mathewson, 1893-1977

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Josephine Mathewson Wilkins (September 30, 1893-May 30, 1977), leader in civil and social reform work and philanthropist, of Athens and Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of Josephine Mathewson Wilkins papers, 1920-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80288791 Social reformer, of Athens and Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1920-1977 (bulk 1930-1964). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419671 ...

Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972

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President of the University of North Carolina; U.S. senator for North Carolina. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1943-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122619645 Educator, government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Porter Graham : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376749 University president. From the...

McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969

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Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading voince for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation, chastising a generation of demagogues, timid journalists, and ministers who feared change. When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools in 1954 and southern demagogues led defiance of the court, segregationists vilified McGill ...

Mackay, James A. (James Armstrong), 1919-2004

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James Armstrong Mackay, congressman and attorney, was born 25 June 1919, in Fairfield, Alabama. He married Mary Caroline Lee. He was a DeKalb County, Georgia, representative for six terms from 1951-1952 and 1955-1964, and served as a United States Congressman from 1965-1967. He received a law degree from Emory University (1947), where he later taught law courses and served on the Board of Trustees. He worked as an attorney in Decatur, Georgia. From the description of James A. Mackay ...

Ames, Jessie Daniel, 1883-1972

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North Carolina resident (Polk County) and general field secretary of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. From the description of Papers, 1902-1946. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31311677 From the description of Papers, 1920-1946. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122525094 Jessie Daniel Ames, civil rights worker of Atlanta, Ga., Georgetown, Tex., and Tryon, N.C. Beginning in 1922, Ames served separate roles as secretary and vice-...

Howell, Clark, 1894-1966

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Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971

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Richard B. Russell (1897-1971), lawyer and politician, born in Winder, Georgia. Served as State Representative (1921-1931), Georgia Governor (1931-1933), and U.S. Senator (1933-1971). From the description of Richard B. Russell Jr. MacArthur hearing files, 1951-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477265 Bill Westmoreland was a Clerk in the Superior Court of Gilmer County, Georgia. From the description of Bill Westmoreland letter from Richard B. Russell, 1965. (...

Fleming, Harold C.

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Civil rights leader and executive with the Potomac Institute, Washington, D.C. Full name: Harold Curtis Fleming. Born 1922; died 1992. From the description of Harold C. Fleming papers, 1950-1993 (bulk 1961-1987). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983489 ...

Dombrowski, James A. (James Anderson), 1897-1983

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Georgia. Children's Code Commission

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Raper, Arthur Franklin, 1899-1979

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Arthur Franklin Raper was a distinguished sociologist whose early work focused on rural social issues and racial discrimination in the South. From the 1940s through the early 1960s, he worked for several government agencies on problems of rural development in Bangladesh as well as other countries in Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. After his work as senior advisor to the Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, he returned to the United States and worked as a visiting professor ...

Tilly, Dorothy Rogers, 1883-1970

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Dorothy Rogers Tilly, church and civil rights worker, was born 30 June 1883, in Hampton, Georgia, and died 16 March 1970, in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia (A.B., 1901), married Milton Eben Tilly (1903), and lived most of her life in Altanta, Georgia. Tilly spent her lifetime working for civil rights through Methodist Church organizations, including the Women's Society of Christian Service, and through civic groups, including President Truman's Committee on...

Weltner, Philip

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Herty, Charles H. (Charles Holmes), 1867-1938

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Charles H. Herty (1867-1938), chemist. From the description of Charles H. Herty papers, 1884-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122503848 ...

Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970

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James McBride Dabbs (1896-1970) was a professor of English at the University of South Carolina and Coker College, Presbyterian churchman, writer, civil rights leader, Penn School Community Services trustee, Southern Regional Council president, and farmer of Mayesville, S.C. He also worked with the South Carolina Council on Human Relations, the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, the Committee of Southern Churchmen, the Council on Church and Society, and the Delta Ministry. From the des...

Rivers, Eurith Dickinson, 1895-1967

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