Clark University
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W. H. Parish Publishing Company
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View of Chrisman Hall on the campus of Clark University in south Atlanta, Georgia.Clark College was founded in 1869 by the Freedmen's Aid Society and the Methodist Episcopal Church as a predominantly African American College in southern Atlanta, Georgia. The college is named after Bishop Davis Clark, first president of the Freedmen's Aid Society, and was chartered as Clark University in 1877. The College merged with Atlanta University in 2003.
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Atlanta History Center
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Digital Library of Georgia