Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993

Authoritative Name:
Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993
Biography:
"Between 1937 and 1988, the Reverend William Holmes Borders served as pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, where he campaigned for civil rights and distinguished himself as a charismatic spokesperson for the city's poor and dispossessed. Borders was instrumental in the hiring of Atlanta's first black police officers in the 1940s, led the campaign to desegregate the city's public transportation in the 1950s, and established the nation's first federally subsidized, church-operated rental housing project in the 1960s. Thereafter, he continued to support a variety of philanthropic causes and remained an influential public figure in Atlanta until his death in 1993."--"William Holmes Borders," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 17, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
Associated Subjects:
Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

34 items in 6 collections (expand all)

African American men preparing to board a segregated bus in an act of civil disobedience, Atlanta, Georgia, January 9, 1957.

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1957-01-09
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

African American men preparing to board a segregated bus in an act of civil disobedience, Atlanta, Georgia, January 9, 1957.

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1957-01-09
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

African American men preparing to board a segregated bus in an act of civil disobedience, Atlanta, Georgia, January 9, 1957.

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1957-01-09
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

African American men preparing to board a segregated bus in an act of civil disobedience, Atlanta, Georgia, January 9, 1957.

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1957-01-09
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

African American men preparing to board a segregated bus in an act of civil disobedience, Atlanta, Georgia, January 9, 1957.

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1957-01-09
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

African American men preparing to board a segregated bus in an act of civil disobedience, Atlanta, Georgia, January 9, 1957.

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1957-01-09
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections
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Benjamin Brown oral history interview, 1996 October 15

Creator:
Brown, Benjamin, 1939-1999
Date of Original:
1996-10-15
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Benjamin Brown oral history interview, 1996 October 23

Creator:
Brown, Benjamin, 1939-1999
Date of Original:
1996-10-23
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Bus desegregation in Atlanta

Creator:
Hatfield, Edward A.
Date of Original:
2007-10-05
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Walden and Borders

Date of Original:
1950/1960
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

William Holmes Borders

Date of Original:
1905/1993
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

William Holmes Borders

Creator:
Hatfield, Edward A.
Date of Original:
2007-12-14
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Dr. Alton Hornsby, Jr. interview

Creator:
Hornsby, Jr., Dr. Alton
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-01-26
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center