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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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
John Lee Tilley papers
Collection
Identifier: 364
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 93 items of correspondence, primarily incoming, and handwritten sermons, speeches, and notes, in addition to diaries, notebooks, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, collected items, and memorabilia. The letters reflect family ties, civic, and educational pursuits, and community involvement. Of particular interest in this group of items are letters concerning the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) unsuccessful suit to desegregate airport...
Dates:
Created: 1927-1971; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1973
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- Butts, June Dobbs, 1928-2019 1
- Clement, Josephine (Josephine Dobbs Clement), 1918-1998 1
- Dobbs, Irene Thompson, 1885-1972 1
- Dobbs, John Wesley, 1882-1961 1
- Dobbs, Mattiwilda (Mattiwilda "Geekie" Dobbs Jazon), 1925-2015 1
- Jackson, Irene (Irene "Renie" Dobbs Jackson), 1908-1999 1
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
- Jordan, Millicent (Millicent Dobbs Jordan), 1911-1991 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 1
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
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