1957/1963
A woman holds a sign in protest downtown reading: "Segregation is the shame of Atlanta".
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Race discrimination
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
White men and children hold protest signs reading: "Don't Push Our Children Out the Back Door and Let the Communists Thru the Front Door", "We Belong Advancement of White People", and "Segregation Was Planned Long Before Supreme Court Justices Were Born".
Race discrimination
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
Two men turn on a fire hydrant with state troopers in the background.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Race discrimination
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
Klansmen march outside the Atlanta Journal newspaper building.
Race discrimination, White supremacy movements
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
A group of Atlanta University Center students. Written on recto: Pulling around.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
Ruby Doris Smith and James Foreman walk out of the office of the Secretary of State.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civil rights workers, African American students
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
James Foreman talks to the receptionist in the Office of Lieutenant Governor.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
A group of Atlanta University Center students.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
Segregationists protest outside of a restaurant holding signs reading: "Be Smart, Stay Unmixed", and "Do Not Eat Here, The Owner of This Business is a Leader for Integration".
Race discrimination
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
A worker at Sprayberry's Cafeteria stands amidst students and policemen at the cafeteria protest.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Race discrimination, African American men, African American clergy, Detention of persons
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
Frank Smith and other students stand inside the Governor's office by the receptionist desk.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
James Foreman gets shoved by an unidentified man.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957/1963
Lonnie King speaks in front of press microphones.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957-01-10
Written on recto: Negro leaders jailed for bus ride. Sitting behind bars in city jail today are five Negro clergymen arrested on charges that they violated Georgia's segregation laws. At the right is their leader, the Rev. William Holmes Borders. They were in jail pending the posting of $1,00 bond each. The arrests resulted from a group of some 20 Negro ministers occupying public bus seats up front which are customarily reserved for White customers.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Race discrimination, African American men, African American clergy, Detention of persons
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1957
Written on recto: Atlanta, January 10, 1957. Ministers Hauled to Jail in Paddy Wagon. Five Negro ministers leave the paddy wagon at police station today after being hauled to jail on charges that they violated Georgia segregation laws in occupying public bus seats up front which are normally reserved for white passengers. Second from left is their leader, the Rev. William Holmes Borders. They were jailed temporarily until they posted $1,000 bond each.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Race discrimination, African American men, African American clergy, Detention of persons
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
1956-04-23
Written on recto: Riders still segregated. Whites and Negroes are still segregated on this Atlanta Transit Co. trolley today following the Supreme Court's decision outlawing segregation on all public buses. State officials said that Georgia was not a party to the South Carolina Legal Action and hence would not be immediately affected. City Attny.. Jack Savage said Atlanta has no ordinance actually requiring segregation but does have an ordnance requiring those in charge of buses and trolley to obey the st[?]e segregation laws.
African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Segregation, Race discrimination
Atlanta Student Movement Collection