Oral histories of women from Newtown, an African-American neighborhood in Gainesville, Georgia, whose Florist Club members became vocal leaders for civil rights and community improvement.
Subject
African American women, Oral history, Environmental justice, African Americans--Civil rights
Oral histories of women from Newtown, an African-American neighborhood in Gainesville, Georgia, whose Florist Club members became vocal leaders for civil rights and community improvement.
Subject
African American women, Oral history, Environmental justice, African Americans--Civil rights
A police officer talks to a judge in a courtroom, while retaining a battered African American man by the shoulder. Written on recto: "He Talked 'Uppity', Your Honor, So Ah Jest Grabbed Mah Club, and Set About Defendin' Myself".
Subject
Police brutality, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination
A man symbolizing the Student-Adult Committee [Atlanta Student Movement] sits at a switchboard labeled "Ever-Ready". The labels on the switchboard read: "Equal Rights", "Employment", "School Desegregation", "Sit-Ins", "Lunch Counters", and "Boycott". Written on recto: "Lines of Communication Open".
Subject
African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Employment, African American student movements