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Lydia Douglas interview, 2006 January 4
In the interview Ms. Douglas discusses her childhood in Atlanta and family. She also discribes her involvement in the Atlanta Student Movement and subsequent arrest due to a sit-in at the Magnolia Room at Rich's Department Store in downtown Atlant,…
Johnny Parham interview, 2005 December 21
In the interview Mr. Parham describes his involvement in "testing" the buses in 1954/1955, the Atlanta Student Movement, and Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. He became involved in the movement as a Morehouse College student. His…
Lonnie King interview, 2005 November 21
In the interview Mr. King describes his experiences in the Navy, especially in terms of racial discrimination. He also played a significant role in the formation of the Atlanta Student Movement. He recalls the negative reaction of the black…
--Beat it, copper!-- Oh, that you, Mr. Mayor?-- / Baldy, [1966]
The Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicts Ivan Allen walking up broken stairs carrying "Atlanta's Concern in Civil Disorder Commission Report." An African American man is at the top of the stairs in a doorway labeled "Riot Potential" and is pointing his…
The new approach / Baldy, [1961].
The Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicts Lester Maddox, Charlie Brown, Ivan Allen, Muggsy Smith, and James Aldredge holding their shoes and tip-toeing over eggs labeled "the issues."
--Now let's build up to it! / Baldy, [1963 Nov. 15]
The Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicts Mayor Ivan Allen, a man labeled "United Negro groups" and "Alderman" raising the roof of "Atlanta's reputation in Race Relations." The African American man is using boards of "Good Faith."
--Score! / Baldy, [ca. 1966].
The Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicts Ivan Allen as an "Atlanta" football player crossing the goal line with a football labeled "Model Cities Program." He is being tackled and held back by "Indifferent Congressmen," "Apathetic State Govt," "Backlash…
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of mayor Ivan Allen holding a meeting with Atlanta civic leaders about recent desegregation demonstrations, and Fulton county solicitor William T. Boyd pledging to prosecute demonstrators who break the law, Atlanta, Georgia 1964 January 27 and 1964 January 29
In this WSB newsfilm clip dated January 27 and 29, 1964, Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. addresses a body of white and African American business, religious, and civic group leaders at City Hall with regard to recent demonstrations centered around…