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This is a letter written to Dr. King from William H. Borders, a minister at Atlanta's Wheat Street Baptist Church during the civil rights movement. He discusses his goals to desegregate transportation systems in the city; photographed are a group of…

Article on people who paved the way for integration at Georgia State University

How various schools in Georgia fought back and eventually were required to integrate

The atmosphere surrounding the first African American students entering a predominately white school.

News article on perspectives of the compromise between NAACP and Atlanta Board of Education

The components of the compromise reached between the NAACP and the Atlanta Board of Education

Drawn in 1864 by Union mapmaker, Robert Knox Sweden, this map shows the fortified Confederate perimeter of around Atlanta to oppose Sherman's 1864 Invasion.

Report from U.S. Census Bureau showing data on the population growth of Atlanta after the Civil War, decades: 1870 to 1910

This map details how professors patrolled the grounds around Charlayne Hunter's Myers Hall dormitory during the first days of integration -- implying the importance of her enrollment to the faculty of the University. Also included is a list of…

View of Antoine Graves Homes atrium, looking southeast from the top floor