| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Riders Still Segregated", April 23, 1956 | 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 |
| "Ministers Hauled to Jail", 1957 | 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 |
| "Negro Leaders Jailed for Bus Ride", January 10, 1957 | 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 |
| Woman and Man Detained, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | A woman and man get placed in a police paddy wagon. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Race discrimination, Detention of persons, African American student movements | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Entering House Gallery, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Students enter the House Gallery. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Dr. Mary Ann Sumerall, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Portrait of Dr. Mary Ann Sumerall. | African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American women | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Man on Couch, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | A man relaxes on a couch and reads a newspaper next to his suitcase. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American men | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Clergymen Leaving Bus Ride, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Written on accompanying slide: From Atlanta. Negroes Leave Bus After Mixed Ride. Negro clergymen stand around the front door of a public bus in Atlanta just after riding it with disregard for segregated seating regulations. When they began getting off, the driver asked them to leave by rear door. They declined and alighted through the front door. during their ride of about 36 blocks, some occupied seats up front with white passengers seated behind them. That's contrary to transit company regulations. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Race discrimination, African American men, African American clergy | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Morris Brown Stadium, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | A crowd gathers in the rain at Morris Brown College Stadium. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Special events | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Protest Line, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | A group of protesters stand outside of a theatre on the sidewalk holding signs that read: "We're Willing to Die, But Not For Segregation", and "Negroes in Berlin? Yes, Negroes in the Dinkler? No". | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, Race discrimination | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Students Picketing Stores, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Students protest discriminatory hiring practices outside of an Atlanta grocery store. One student holds a sign that reads: "If We Can't Work There, Why Trade? Selective Buying Makes for Better Employment". | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Students March, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Students march in the rain in downtown Atlanta. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Students at the Governor's Office, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Students stand at the receptionists desk in the office of the governor. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Integrated Movie Protest, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | A man holds a sign protesting an integrated movie with other protesters and police around him. | Race discrimination | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Julian Bond, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Julian Bond speaks to reporters. | African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American civil rights workers | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| John Gibson Protesting, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Atlanta University student John Gibson protests outside of a business with a sign that reads: "Make Democracy Work! At Least in Our Community". | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| Sprayberry's Cafeteria, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | A group of Atlanta University Center students stand in line inside Sprayberry's Cafeteria as White customers look on. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Special events, African American students | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| SNCC Students, circa 1960 | 1957/1963 | Student SNCC group gathers at the door of Georgia House of Representatives George L. Smith's office. Written on recto: door to Geo. Smith's office - open but they don't get in. | African Americans--Civil rights, Protest movements, African American student movements, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta Student Movement Collection |
| "Segregation is the Shame of Atlanta", circa 1960 | 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 |
| White Men and Children With Signs, circa 1960 | 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 |
Aug 24, 2023
Atlanta Student Movement Collection
This collection documents the Atlanta Student Movement during the Civil Rights Era. It highlights student activism in the Atlanta University Consortium (AUC); Clark College, Morris Brown, Morehouse College, Atlanta University, and Spelman College. The collection includes newspaper and journal articles, flyers, reports, photographs, and correspondence by and about students from the AUC schools. Of note are copies of An Appeal for Human Rights written by student leaders, which set forth the student's grievances, rights, and aspirations as well as their dissatisfaction with the status quo conditions of segregation and discrimination and the slow pace at which inherent human and civil rights were being meted out to African Americans. The Appeal was published as a full-page ad in the March 9, 1960 editions of the Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Journal, and Atlanta Daily World. It was subsequently published in the New York Times, providing national awareness of student activism in the civil rights struggle in Atlanta. The issuance of the Appeal was followed by sit-ins and pickets at specifically targeted businesses, government and transportation facilities in Atlanta and Fulton County, Georgia, and kneel-ins at churches. The participants in the Atlanta student movement organized commemorative reunions, 1990 and 2000 to re-examine the civil rights movement and discuss current efforts and projections for the future. Programs, minutes, correspondence, and news articles from the reunions are included in the collection.
At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library, we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
