The General Photograph collection, includes photographs documenting the African American experience. This collection is organized into two series: individuals and subjects, and consists of photographs of notable figures including, W.E.B. DuBois and his family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his time as a student at the AUC and more. The collection also includes images of various Atlanta Neighborhood homes and sites. 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.
May 29, 2020

General Photographs Collection

The General Photograph collection, includes photographs documenting the African American experience. This collection is organized into two series: individuals and subjects, and consists of photographs of notable figures including, W.E.B. DuBois and his family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his time as a student at the AUC and more. The collection also includes images of various Atlanta Neighborhood homes and sites.

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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A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
General Photographs Collection
Commencement Ceremony, May 1968
Date Created
1968-05
Description
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Commencement ceremonies, Campus life, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
General Photographs Collection
Commencement Ceremony, May 1968
Date Created
1968-05
Description
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Commencement ceremonies, Campus life, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
General Photographs Collection
Commencement Ceremony, May 1968
Date Created
1968-05
Description
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Commencement ceremonies, Campus life, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
General Photographs Collection
Commencement Ceremony, May 1968
Date Created
1968-05
Description
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Commencement ceremonies, Campus life, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
General Photographs Collection
Commencement Ceremony, May 1968
Date Created
1968-05
Description
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Commencement ceremonies, Campus life, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
General Photographs Collection
Commencement Ceremony, May 1968
Date Created
1968-05
Description
A crowd gathers outside for a commencement ceremony.
Subject
African Americans--Education, Commencement ceremonies, Campus life, African American universities and colleges
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of a man with a picket sign.
General Photographs Collection
A Man Protesting, circa 1965
Date Created
1960/1970
Description
View of a man with a picket sign.
Subject
African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of three women with picket signs.
General Photographs Collection
Three Women Protesting, circa 1965
Date Created
1960/1970
Description
View of three women with picket signs.
Subject
African American women, Portraits and people, African Americans--Civil rights
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A portrait of Walter White.
General Photographs Collection
Walter White, circa 1965
Date Created
1960/1970
Description
A portrait of Walter White.
Subject
Portraits and people
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A group walks down the street in Atlanta.
General Photographs Collection
Segregation Picket, circa 1965
Date Created
1960/1970
Description
A group walks down the street in Atlanta.
Subject
Portraits and people, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A crowd at an identified event with Julian Bond.
General Photographs Collection
Julian Bond at an Unidentified Event, circa 1965
Date Created
1960/1969
Description
A crowd at an identified event with Julian Bond.
Subject
African American men, Portraits and people
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Portrait of an unidentified woman.
General Photographs Collection
Unidentified Man, circa 1965
Date Created
1960/1969
Description
Portrait of an unidentified woman.
Subject
African American men, Portraits and people
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of a man entering a waiting room.
General Photographs Collection
Waiting Room, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
View of a man entering a waiting room.
Subject
African American men, Portraits and people, African Americans--Segregation
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at an event. Written on recto: To Kim Dreisbeck with best wishes and warm regards, Martin Luther King, Jr.
General Photographs Collection
Martin Luther King Jr., circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at an event. Written on recto: To Kim Dreisbeck with best wishes and warm regards, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Subject
African American men, African Americans--Civil rights, African American Baptists
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of Sterling Brown speaking.
General Photographs Collection
Sterling Brown, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
View of Sterling Brown speaking.
Subject
African American men, Portraits and people
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Martin Luther King Jr. at the barber shop.
General Photographs Collection
Martin Luther King Jr. and Barber, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
Martin Luther King Jr. at the barber shop.
Subject
African American men, African Americans--Civil rights, African American Baptists
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A man walks in front of a store wearing a sign that reads, "The presence of segregation is the absence of democracy, Jim Crow must go!".
General Photographs Collection
Man Protesting, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
A man walks in front of a store wearing a sign that reads, "The presence of segregation is the absence of democracy, Jim Crow must go!".
Subject
African American men, Race discrimination, African Americans--Segregation, Protest movements
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Portrait of an unidentified woman.
General Photographs Collection
Unidentified Man, circa 1960
Date Created
1955/1965
Description
Portrait of an unidentified woman.
Subject
African American men, Portraits and people
Collection
General Photographs Collection