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American Red Cross: Serving Atlanta
From providing aid near battlefields to serving on the frontlines of a public health crisis, the Red Cross is constantly adapting to the community’s needs.
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From providing aid near battlefields to serving on the frontlines of a public health crisis, the Red Cross is constantly adapting to the community’s needs.
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For more than fifty years, Ethel Mae Matthews worked tirelessly for greater welfare rights for Atlanta’s poor and disabled.
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Students take a mid-day snooze at an “open air school” sponsored by the Atlanta Anti-Tuberculosis Association in or near Atlanta.
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African American students integrated Atlanta high schools on August 30, 1961.
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Founded in 1913 as the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce, Georgia State University now offers more than 250 degree programs with 100 fields of study.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the federal agency responsible for public health and is headquartered adjacent to the campus of Emory University.
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Between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the century, Atlanta became home to several of the nation’s most important historically black colleges and universities, including Atlanta University, Clark University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College.
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Founded in October 1885, the Georgia School of Technology utilized $65,000 in state appropriations to establish a 400-acre campus on the northern edge of the city.
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Atlanta History Center invites you to explore the compelling story of Atlanta’s Oakland City and Bush Mountain communities.
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Kenan Research Center preserves extensive primary source holdings for the study of Atlanta.
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As a community-based organization with a dedication to connecting people, history, and culture, Atlanta History Center is committed to showing up and serving the city of Atlanta with the resources we have available.
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Oral histories are memories that people share about the past. Ever since humans developed language, parents passed down family and community history to their children orally—with the spoken word—rather than by writing alone.
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In this historic time, people across the country—and the globe—have been spending a lot of time indoors. However, while we are fully committed to remaining distant, that doesn’t mean we can’t get outside and explore.