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Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement

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Type: Web sites
Title: Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement
Civil rights movement, Atlanta
Date: 1940-1970
Description: The Web site project on civil rights undertaken by the Atlanta

Regional Council for Higher Education (ARCHE) "highlights Atlanta's role in

the movement from 1940 to 1070, provides a timeline of key events, and

offers information on other civil rights printed and online resources." It documents the role played by churches, businesses, and social and economic institutions on Auburn Avenue as well as the colleges and universities of the Atlanta University Center in fostering and encouraging black leadership and activism in the civil rights movement in Atlanta. Four phases in Atlanta civil rights history are shown: Gradualism and negotiation (1940-1949); Retrenchment and redirection (1950-1959); Direct action and integration (1960-1965); and The Quest for black power (1966-1970). The site "provides a first-ever searchable inventory of special collections containing material on the movement found at ARCHE's member institutions and affiliated libraries/archives."

Subjects: Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta | Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta | Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta | African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta | Atlanta (Ga.)--History--20th century | Atlanta University Center (Ga.) | Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.)
Online Publisher: Atlanta (Ga.) : Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education, 2004
Original Material: Searching access is provided to special collections materials on Atlanta's civil rights movement located at ARCHE's 19 member colleges and universities and the following affiliated libraries/archives and partners: Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Atlanta History Center, Georgia Archives, Georgia Public Library Service, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, National Archives and Records Administration, Southeast Region, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and The APEX Museum.
Rights and Usage: Reproduction and publication only with permission of repository and/or copyright holder.
Persistent Link to Item: http://www.atlantahighered.org/civilrights/
Related Institutions: Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education
Collection Information: Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement