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Students of Booker T. Washington High School admire a statue of Booker T. Washington, the namesake of the school. Heman Perry, founder of Standard Life Insurance Company and financier of the Washington Park Neighborhood, sold some of his land to the…

Photograph of Walden likely taken after his appointment to the position of alternate judge of the Atlanta municipal courts in 1964.

Portrait of a young Pearlie Craft Dove. She was a resident of Washington Park who was committed to community service in the area.

Photograph showing Ruby Blackburn teaching a group of women how to use a voting machine. This was likely part of her work with the Georgia League of Negro Women Voters.

Photograph of a young Ruby Blackburn. Blackburn owned a beauty shop in the Washington Park neighborhood and also played an influential role as a community activist.

A pamphlet showcasing the features of the Booker T. Washington Cluster, which includes in the neighborhood of Washington Park. The content in this pamphlet was researched by Pearlie Craft Dove, a resident of Washington Park.

Graham W Jackson playing the organ at an unknown location

Depicts the home of Graham W. Jackson, who modeled his home after the Little White House in Warm Springs, GA. The address of the home is 60 Whitehouse Drive SW, Atlanta, GA, 30314.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia