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Clear All Subject Georgia--Race relations Location United States, Georgia Rights In Copyright

Description:: Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive recordings in 1967 at Georgia State University. He trained undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in his folklore curriculum to conduct oral history interviews. Students interviewed men, women, and children of various demographics in Georgia and across the southeast on crafts, storytelling, music, and traditions.
Date of Original:: 1966/1970
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center

Description:: William Tate (1903-1980) was the Dean of Men, University of Georgia, 1946-1971. The materials in this collection document events surrounding the desegregation of the University of Georgia in January 1961.
Date of Original:: 1961
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

Description:: Emory University undergraduate students examine unsolved and unpunished racially motivated murders from the modern civil rights era in Georgia.
Date of Original:: 1950/1970
Contributing Institution:: Emory University. General Libraries

Description:: The collection documents the administrative business of the University of Georgia during O.C. Aderhold's tenure as president from 1950-1967. Materials of particular interest are those documenting the desegregation of the university in January 1961 when Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes became the first two African American students to attend UGA.
Date of Original:: 1950/1967
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

Description:: Papers of Georgia author, lecturer, human rights advocate Lillian Smith (1897-1966) from circa 1920-1980, one of the first prominent white Southerners to stand against segregation.
Date of Original:: 1920/1980
Contributing Institution:: Hargrett Library

Description:: Lillian Smith (1897-1966), author, lecturer, and human rights advocate, was born in Jasper County, Florida, and resided in Rabun County, Georgia. Her best known fiction piece was the controversial 1944 novel 'Strange Fruit'.
Date of Original:: 1915/1972
Contributing Institution:: University of Florida. Libraries

Description:: Materials that document race relations and desegregation in Georgia from the late nineteenth century to the latter half of the twentieth century.
Date of Original:: 1894/1962
Contributing Institution:: Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

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