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Clear All Rights In Copyright Topics Peoples & Cultures Time Periods Georgia at the Turn of the Millennium (1980-present)

Description:: Video course on civil rights that focuses on the rights of all Americans under the federal and state Constitutions and laws.
Date of Original:: 2019
Contributing Institution:: LawShelf Educational Media

Description:: Interviews from 2014-2020 documenting the development of Athens as a breeding ground for multiple musical communities including the Southern independent rock scene.
Date of Original:: 2014/2020
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Description:: Oral histories documenting the history of Athens, Georgia from the mid-twentieth century to the 2010s including neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.
Date of Original:: 2014/2016
Contributing Institution:: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Description:: Twentieth century photographs and other materials documenting the African American contributions in Habersham, Banks, Rabun, and White counties. A virtual version of the exhibit is available.
Date of Original:: 2011
Contributing Institution:: Regional African American Museum of Northeast GA, Inc.

Description:: An oral history interview from 2020 and a photograph from 1980-1989 documenting the lives and experiences of Barbara Freeman Cooper and Eartha Bryant Head, two African American women who grew up in the Lemon Street neighborhood of Marietta, Georgia.
Date of Original:: 1980/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Oral history interviews and photographs dating from 1960-2020 that document the public service and civil rights work of Anthony Coleman, who represented Ward 5 on the Marietta, Georgia city council from 2001-2016 and served on the executive board of the Cobb County branch of the NAACP.
Date of Original:: 1960/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: Materials dating from 1960-2020 that document the life and career of Cheryl Long, an African American woman who grew up in the Louisville neighborhood of Marietta, Georgia, and graduated as part of Marietta High School's first integrated senior class in 1968.
Date of Original:: 1960/2020
Contributing Institution:: Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

Description:: One typewritten letter dated November 11, 1949, "Dear Mr. Guilford," from Lillian Smith regarding Guilford's review of Killers of the Dream.
Date of Original:: 1949-11-11
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

Description:: Correspondence between Lillian Smith and her publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, particularly with George P. Brockway and Storer B. Lunt, who discuss the distribution of her works, publicity to sell her books, and reviews of her works. Also includes letters from others relating to the distribution of or reaction to her works.
Date of Original:: 1949/1966
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

Description:: Correspondence of a personal nature, regarding health and family matters, but some discuss Smith's activities while on lecture tours. Includes an editorial from 1951 calling Smith's book "Strange Tripe."
Date of Original:: 1943/1955
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

Description:: Oral histories of American war veterans who served in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts, and civilians who served in their support.
Date of Original:: 1939/1991
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: Collected moving image footage of Savannah, Georgia community leader and civil rights worker W. W. Law.
Date of Original:: 1930/2000
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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