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John Wesley Dobbs Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents
The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates:
Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
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James H. Hargett papers
Collection
Identifier: 490
Scope and Contents
The papers of Reverend Dr. James Hester Hargett document his civil rights and social action driven ministries in Hawaii, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York. The key topics covered in this collection are civil rights, community advocacy, social justice, missionary travels, multi-ethnic churches and transitional communities, race relations, and the recruitment of African American men and women into Christian service. The main strengths are Hargett's commitment towards diversifying...
Dates:
Created: 1955-2007; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1995
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Amistad Research Center
Rosanna Edwards Marshall papers
Collection
Identifier: 433
Content Description
Rosanna Edwards Marshall was an educator and author in New Orleans. Her papers include photographs of her travels and her military service in World War II, a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr., and copies of Veterans' Voices (1984-1992). Included are a photograph album documenting a trip to California (1985), correspondence (1953-1993), legal documents (1966), a program for the Thomy Lafon School (1948), newspaper articles, a flyer for her book, ...
Dates:
Other: 1940-1996
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Amistad Research Center
Robert G. Sherer collection
Collection
Identifier: 735
Scope and Contents
The Robert G. Sherer collection consists of 26 black and white photographs taken by Sherer during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, as well as a booklet, texts of speeches, biographical sketches of individuals participating in the march, lists of sponsors, a program schedule, a map, and press releases. Texts of speeches include those delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Whitney M. Young Jr.,...
Dates:
Created: 1899-1982; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985 1
- Butts, June Dobbs, 1928-2019 1
- Christian Fellowship Congregational Church, United Church of Christ (San Diego, Ca.) 1
- Clement, Josephine (Josephine Dobbs Clement), 1918-1998 1
- Congregational Christian Churches 1
- Congregational Church of Chrisitian Fellowship (Los Angeles, Ca.) 1
- Congregational Church of Park Manor, United Church of Christ (Chicago, Ill) 1
- Dobbs, Irene Thompson, 1885-1972 1
- Dobbs, John Wesley, 1882-1961 1
- Dobbs, Mattiwilda (Mattiwilda "Geekie" Dobbs Jazon), 1925-2015 1
- Farmer, James, 1920-1999 1
- Hargett, James H., Dr. (James Hester), 1930-2018 1
- Jackson, Irene (Irene "Renie" Dobbs Jackson), 1908-1999 1
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
- Jordan, Millicent (Millicent Dobbs Jordan), 1911-1991 1
- Lewis, John, 1940, February 21- 1
- Livingston Avenue United Church of Christ (New Brunswick, N.J.) 1
- Marshall, Rosanna Edwards 1
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 1
- Matthew H. Ahmann 1
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
- Prinz, Joachim, 1902-1988 1
- Sherer, Robert G., Jr. 1
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
- Spelman College 1
- The Church of the Crossroads (Honolulu, Hi) 1
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