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Modern sign for Washington Park, a historically-Black park in Atlanta

Front page of The Atlanta Inquirer, showcasing the article "Selma Continues in Terror." This references the Selma to Montgomery marches that resulted in violence.

Front page of Atlanta Inquirer, showcasing the article "Voters League Stops Efforts to Divide Negroes on Buffer". This references the "Peyton Buffer" or Atlanta's Berlin Wall, which was an attempt by mayor Ivan Allen Jr. to barricade the Cascade…

Front page of the Atlanta Inquiry, featuring an article titled "Charlayne Finds Friends at U. of GA.", referencing the recent racial integration of UGA

First issue of The Atlanta Inquirer, the second Black newspaper in Atlanta after the Atlanta Daily World. Its goal was to offer a more progressive voice.

Article by Charlayne Hunter communicating her feelings about getting settled at the University after her return to campus after the riot.

Article reporting the passing of the 1913 Atlanta racial zoning ordinance

Article discussing the expected university response to the demands given by the Black Student Union

Table of Contents page for a diary published for the trade in 1894. These books included almanacks, dates of eclipses, a list of bank holidays, and other useful information.

This is a court appeal record regarding the decision of the monumental Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka U.S. Supreme Court case. which ruled legal segregation in public schools unconstitutional.