Scope and contents From the Collection: The Atlanta Urban League is a private, non-profit social service agency, affiliated with the National Urban League, an organization based in New York City. The Atlanta Urban League services are geared towards community development, health care, and employment and housing opportunities for African Americans. The agency is staffed mainly by professional social workers who administer its programs and report to a board of directors.The Atlanta Urban League papers document the...

Scope and contents From the Collection: The Atlanta Urban League is a private, non-profit social service agency, affiliated with the National Urban League, an organization based in New York City. The Atlanta Urban League services are geared towards community development, health care, and employment and housing opportunities for African Americans. The agency is staffed mainly by professional social workers who administer its programs and report to a board of directors.The Atlanta Urban League papers document the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The work in which C. Eric Lincoln engaged put him in contact with thousands of individuals in the United States and around the world. Out of these contacts came letters which relfect Lincoln's work and reputation as a scholar, writer, teacher, consultant and speaker. The letters convey information regarding Dr. Linoln's research into his early writings on the Black Muslims and later on the Black Church in America. Included are hundreds of letters to churches, scholars, publishers and...

Scope and contents From the Collection: The Atlanta Urban League is a private, non-profit social service agency, affiliated with the National Urban League, an organization based in New York City. The Atlanta Urban League services are geared towards community development, health care, and employment and housing opportunities for African Americans. The agency is staffed mainly by professional social workers who administer its programs and report to a board of directors.The Atlanta Urban League papers document the...

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This series contains files related to subjects of interest to Hilliard.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, in the prime of his career, utilized his research and church history skills in a number of enterprises. Most notable was his research on the Black Muslims, culminating in his crowning work, Black Muslims in America. Out of this project came many interviews with Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan; the correspondence, including valuable postcards from Malcolm X, is indicative of the close contact Lincoln had with each of these...

Scope and contents From the Series: This series is the largest within the collection and is composed primarily of material that documents such noted performances as Ziegfield Follies, Porgy and Bess and performances from the Metropolitian Opera. The coverage of the material is expansive including playbills and broadsides from both large-scaled productions to the smaller productions that were produced locally (community theatre groups and church sponsored...

Scope and contents From the Series: The series represents the largest body of materials in this collection. It is large for two reasons: (1) it was the most recently generated material and (2) most of these materials were from the Avon Street home and office of Mr. Fuller and were left largely intact. It should be noted that while First World magazine consumed a large portion of his time, Mr. Fuller continued to teach, lecture, write and consequently commute between Atlanta, Georgia and New...