Responses to Summerhill
Responses to the Summerhill Riot are more heavily represented in the Ivan Allen Digital Archive than any other single event in Mayor Allen's tenure. The following fourteen folders contain what are described as "favorable" and "non-favorable" responses. The titles of each folder below are the original descriptions given to the documents by whomever organized and labeled them during Mayor Allen's tenure. Click on each hyperlink to view the complete folder.
Box 16, Folder 1, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot response | Atlanta | favorable | 1966)
Box 16, Folder 2, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot response | Atlanta | favorable | 1966)
Box 16, Folder 3, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot response | Atlanta | favorable | 1966)
Box 16, Folder 4, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot response | Atlanta | favorable | 1966)
Box 16, Folder 5, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot response | Atlanta | favorable | 1966)
Box 16, Folder 9, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot response | outside Atlanta | favorable | 1966)
Box 18, Folder 28, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot | group endorsements | 1967)
Box 18, Folder 29, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot | favorable | outside Georgia | 1966)
Box 18, Folder 30, Complete Folder (Summerhill riot | favorable | outside Georgia | 1966)
Box 10, Folder 11, Complete Folder (Riots | September | 1966)
Box 10, Folder 12, Complete Folder (Riots | September | 1966)
Two additional folders contain information more specifically related to the role of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the events in Summerhill. Those folders are available in the exhibit "SNCC, Black Power, and the Atlanta Rebellion."