The Printed and Published Material series includes material created by SCLC including SCLC Magazines and SCLC-West Magazines.

The SCLC/Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.), Inc. records series includes administrative files and program files. SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., Inc. was established by Evelyn G. Lowery in October 1979 to address various concerns including women's issues, children's needs and enrichment, heritage pride, political awareness, health and welfare, education, economic justice, media, and peace issues. Administrative files document the daily operations of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. including correspondence, annual reports, budgets and other finance materials, mailing lists, meeting agendas, personnel files, and press releases. Program records contain materials documenting the events, programs and activities held by SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. including the annual Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner, Drum Major for Justice Golf Classic, Bridging the Gap Mentoring Program, Civil Rights Heritage Tour, Family Life Learning Center, and National AIDS Program.

The Subject and Research Files series includes topical files of interest to the Lowerys not directly aligned with the daily operations of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The files include originals of newspaper clippings and magazine articles; published material (reports, pamphlets and brochures) from a number of organizations; correspondence (usually within folders with other material); fliers, brochures, and other items of interest. The bulk of the series contains files about affirmative action, Africa, AIDS, drugs, economic development, education, environmental racism, gun control, health, housing, justice, labor, politics, religion, sports justice, violence and voting rights.

The Mary Ann Smith Wilson - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism spans the dates 1948-2008 with the bulk of the material dated 1960-1967. The collection documents both Ruby Doris Smith Robinson's and Mary Ann Smith Wilson's participation in the civil rights movement and the organizations with which they were affiliated. Although the collection documents both sisters' activities, the bulk of the collection reflects Ruby Doris Smith Robinson’s activism activities in the civil rights movement. Also included in the collection are photographs, correspondences, news articles, programs, reports, and flyers.

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.

Pauline Alice Young, a distinguished educator, librarian, historian, and civil rights activist, was born in 1900. Her impactful career included teaching, lecturing, and extensive community involvement. Young's lifelong commitment to equality and civil rights advocacy left an indelible mark on Delaware, earning her numerous awards and a place in the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women in 1982.

This collection contains photographs of Atlanta University before its consolidation with Clark College, containing photographs dating from 1858 to 1995, with the bulk of the material falling between 1905 and 1968. The photographs consist of mostly students, alumni, faculty, administrative officers, campus events, and buildings of Atlanta University, however, there are photographs of people and places from all the Atlanta University Center schools.