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This map gives a visual representation of the Freedom Rides that took place across the southern United States in 1961. These peaceful protests attempted to desegregate public transportation systems and increase freedoms for African Americans.…

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

"From Vincent's subdivision map of the city of Atlanta, Dekalb County, state of Georgia. Savannah : Edward A. Vincent, 185-. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S44 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes numbered…

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…

A special military order by General William T. Sherman that allotted about 400,000 acres of land along the Georgia Coast to newly freed blacks in the south.

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…

This paper ticket granted admission to a seat on the north side of Sanford Stadium at the Yale vs. UGA game on Saturday October 12, 1929.

U.S. Air Mail Routes

Torch of the 1996 Summer Olympics