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Mayor Ivan Allen (left) is shown with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Deaton. W. D. "Father" Deaton was a fifty-year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers who had joined the union on May 18, 1904.

View of former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. (left) receiving an award from Congressman Andrew Young (right) at festivities associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, in Atlanta, Georgia.

View of former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. (left) receiving an award from Congressman Andrew Young (right) at festivities associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, in Atlanta, Georgia.

View (looking west) of stores and shops along Marietta Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia including Krystal Burgers, Friedman Jewelers, the Ivan Allen Marshall Company and the Western Union Building.

View of a drawing of the intersection of Marietta and Forsyth Streets in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

View of a drawing of the intersection of Marietta and Forsyth Streets in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

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,…