The Atlanta Urban League (AUL) was established in 1920 as an affiliate of the National Urban League. The AUL served as an organization dedicated to addressing the social and economic concerns of African Americans in the city of Atlanta. The AUL worked to address housing discrimination, inadequate unemployment, improve health services, and promote voting rights. The digitized collection focuses on the leadership of Grace Towns Hamilton, executive director of AUL from 1943-1961. Under her leadership the AUL waged intensive campaigns for advancement of education, health care, housing, and voting rights for African Americans. The AUL worked with the League of Women Voters, the National Council of Women, the Southern Regional Council, and more to promote the enfranchisement of Black women and voter education. 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.
Sep 28, 2020

Atlanta Urban League Papers

The Atlanta Urban League (AUL) was established in 1920 as an affiliate of the National Urban League. The AUL served as an organization dedicated to addressing the social and economic concerns of African Americans in the city of Atlanta. The AUL worked to address housing discrimination, inadequate unemployment, improve health services, and promote voting rights. The digitized collection focuses on the leadership of Grace Towns Hamilton, executive director of AUL from 1943-1961. Under her leadership the AUL waged intensive campaigns for advancement of education, health care, housing, and voting rights for African Americans. The AUL worked with the League of Women Voters, the National Council of Women, the Southern Regional Council, and more to promote the enfranchisement of Black women and voter education.

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.
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Correspondence from Lyndon A. Wade to Mayor Maynard H. Jackson about the NIP (Neighborhood Improvement Program) and how it could improve Vine City and South Atlanta. Included is an implementation sheet for the program.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Correspondence to Mayor Maynard H. Jackson About Operation NIP, September 30, 1974
Date Created
1974-09-30
Description
Correspondence from Lyndon A. Wade to Mayor Maynard H. Jackson about the NIP (Neighborhood Improvement Program) and how it could improve Vine City and South Atlanta. Included is an implementation sheet for the program.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Correspondence to Lyndon A. Wade from Bill Willis, WLTA about including the Black community in broadcast informational programs.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Correspondence to Atlanta Urban Leage Director, August 22, 1974
Date Created
1974-08-22
Description
Correspondence to Lyndon A. Wade from Bill Willis, WLTA about including the Black community in broadcast informational programs.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Correspondence to Lyndon A. Wade from Donald A. Devis concerning a neighborhood improvement program that could be implemented in Atlanta.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Correspondence to Atlanta Urban Leage Director, July 3, 1974
Date Created
1974-07-03
Description
Correspondence to Lyndon A. Wade from Donald A. Devis concerning a neighborhood improvement program that could be implemented in Atlanta.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Guidebook of city agencies to call about various city and urban problems from the Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency and the City of Louisville Kentucky.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
"Guidebook for Neighborhood Residential Problems", circa 1975
Date Created
1971/1978
Description
Guidebook of city agencies to call about various city and urban problems from the Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency and the City of Louisville Kentucky.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Social conditions, Community development
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Correspondence to Mayor Sam Massell from Donald A. Devis concerning an urban improvement program that could be implemented in Atlanta.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Correspondence to Mayor Sam Massell, June 15, 1970
Date Created
1970-06-15
Description
Correspondence to Mayor Sam Massell from Donald A. Devis concerning an urban improvement program that could be implemented in Atlanta.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A group of five children in front a run-down house. Some apartment buildings stand in the background. Written on verso: "Youths in a slum area".
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Youths in a Slum Area, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
A group of five children in front a run-down house. Some apartment buildings stand in the background. Written on verso: "Youths in a slum area".
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Social conditions, Children, Slums
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Blantown [Blandtown] Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Blantown Georgia, December 1953
Date Created
1953-12
Description
A data sheet of Blantown [Blandtown] Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Blackhall Park (Center Hill) Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Blackhall Park Georgia, April 24, 1953
Date Created
1953-04-24
Description
A data sheet of Blackhall Park (Center Hill) Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Carey Park Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Carey Park Georgia, April 24, 1953
Date Created
1953-04-24
Description
A data sheet of Carey Park Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Carey Park (Center Hill) Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Carey Park Georgia, April 24, 1953
Date Created
1953-04-24
Description
A data sheet of Carey Park (Center Hill) Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Armour Station Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Armour Station Georgia, April 23, 1953
Date Created
1953-04-23
Description
A data sheet of Armour Station Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A petition from the Edgewood Civic League to the City of Atlanta and Mayor William Hartsfield to abolish segregation in public areas of Atlanta.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Edgewood Civic League Petition to Abolish Segregation, 1953
Date Created
1953
Description
A petition from the Edgewood Civic League to the City of Atlanta and Mayor William Hartsfield to abolish segregation in public areas of Atlanta.
Subject
African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Avondale and Scottsdale Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Avondale and Scottsdale Georgia, June 20, 1952
Date Created
1952-06-20
Description
A data sheet of Avondale and Scottsdale Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Bush Mountain (Oakland City) Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Bush Mountain Georgia, June 20, 1952
Date Created
1952-06-20
Description
A data sheet of Bush Mountain (Oakland City) Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of College Park Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of College Park Georgia, June 20, 1952
Date Created
1952-06-20
Description
A data sheet of College Park Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Hunter Hills Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Hunter Hills Georgia, June 20, 1952
Date Created
1952-06-20
Description
A data sheet of Hunter Hills Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Edgewood Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Edgewood Georgia, June 20, 1952
Date Created
1952-06-20
Description
A data sheet of Edgewood Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A data sheet of Buckhead (Johnsontown) Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Atlanta Urban League Data Sheet of Buckhead Georgia, June 20, 1952
Date Created
1952-06-20
Description
A data sheet of Buckhead (Johnsontown) Georgia noting schools and community resources of the area.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
A doctor vaccinates children in an office.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Doctor Vaccinating Children, circa 1950
Date Created
1947/1954
Description
A doctor vaccinates children in an office.
Subject
African Americans--Health and hygiene, Children, African Americans--Social conditions
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Letter to Avondale High School outlining the unhealthy conditions of the Colored school from Principal William Hatton.
Atlanta Urban League Papers
Correspondence from Avondale Colored High School, February 10, 1947
Date Created
1947-02-10
Description
Letter to Avondale High School outlining the unhealthy conditions of the Colored school from Principal William Hatton.
Subject
Atlanta Urban League, African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, African Americans--Education
Collection
Atlanta Urban League Papers