Atlanta student movement project
The Atlanta Student Movement Project is a research project uncovering and preserving the history of Atlanta sit-ins and student protests that were pivotal in the success of the Student Movement, the Civil Rights movement, and the history of the city of Atlanta as a whole.
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Date of Original
2016-10-31/2018-12-05
Subject
Atlanta Student Movement
African American student movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements--History--20th century
Sit-ins
Civil rights demonstrations--History--20th century
Oral histories
People
Moss, Otis, Jr., 1935-
Pope, Roslyn
Middlebrooks, Gwendolyn
King, Lonnie C., 1936-
Black, Charles A.
Davis, June
Location
United States, Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee, 32.42415, -85.69096
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Type
MovingImage, Text
Description
The Atlanta Student Movement Project is a research project funded by a generous grant from the Rich Foundation, conducted by Kennesaw State University undergraduate and graduate students, and led by Dr. Jeanne Law Bohannon (KSU English Department) along with Dr. Lonnie King, the project's senior community partner. The oral histories in this collection represent the goal of the project: uncovering and preserving the history of Atlanta sit-ins and student protests that were pivotal in the success of the Student Movement, the Civil Rights movement, and the history of the city of Atlanta as a whole. Videos and transcripts in this collection have been archived at the KSU Archives., Formed early in 1960, the Atlanta Student Movement was one part of the larger Civil Rights Movement. The group was comprised of students from university campuses that were part of the Atlanta University Center (AUC), a consortium of higher education centers for African-Americans that included Atlanta University, Clark College, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, Morris Brown, and Spelman College.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management
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