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Tag Archives: African Americans
Another Anti-Racism Reading List
In 2019, the GSU Library shared an anti-racism reading list compiled by Ibram X. Kendi, professor and Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University in Washington, DC. This list included links to the library’s holdings of … Continue reading
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Tagged African American Studies, African Americans, antiracism, Black Lives Matter
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Black History Month: African American Business Enterprises
In the introduction to her Encyclopedia of African American Business History, Juliet Walker observes that… “…full freedom from racism and complete equality for the descendants of former slaves have yet to be obtained. Yet, in their continuing search for freedom, the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business
Tagged African Americans, Black History Month, entrepreneurship
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“Four Negroes Acting Unwise?”
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of two students who integrated the University System of Georgia in 1961, will speak at Georgia State University (GSU) at 11 a.m. today (January 27) in the Student Center Speakers Auditorium. Integration was attempted at GSU much earlier–in … Continue reading
Posted in African American Studies, Education, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students, General News, History, Resources, Special Collections & Archives, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Tagged African Americans, Georgia State College of Business Administration, Georgia State University, Georgia State University history, Georgia State University students, higher education, integration, segregation, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Moore’s Ford Bridge Lynching Photo Discovery
A cache of 32 photographs taken shortly after the 1946 Moore’s Ford Bridge Lynching in Walton County, Georgia has been recently discovered by Tim Crimmins, a Georgia State University history professor. Dr. Crimmins was surveying the Atlanta Journal and Constitution … Continue reading
Posted in African American Studies, Criminal Justice, Faculty Publications and Research, For Faculty, For Graduate Students, For Students, General News, Graduate Student Publications and Research, History, Publications and Research, Resources, Special Collections & Archives, Subject Areas
Tagged African Americans, crimes, Georgia, lynching, mass murder, race relations, Walton County
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