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Photograph of the Atlanta University Faculty of 1905, Atlanta, Georgia

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Black and white photograph of Atlanta University's Faculty in1905. This photograph includes Mr. and Mrs Alonzo Herndon, W.E.B. DuBois and George A. Towns. Mr. Herdon was the founder and president of the Atlanta Family Life Insurance Company and he became Atlanta's first black millionaire. Mr. DuBois was a professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University. He was also a very prominent civil rights activitist who co-founded the NAACP and led the Niagra Movement. George A. Towns recieved degrees from Atlanta University and Harvard University and later taught at Atlanta University. He was also an officer of the NAACP. In 1869 Clark College was founded by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was named for Bishop Davis Wasgatt Clark, who was the first President of the Freedman's Aid Society and became Bishop in 1864. In 1877, Clark College was chartered as Clark University. In 1988 Clark University and Atlanta University combined to form the Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Teachers
  2. African American Universities And Colleges
  3. African American Women Teachers
  4. African Americans
  5. Atlanta
  6. Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.)
  7. College Teachers
  8. Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868 1963
  9. Georgia
  10. Herndon, Alonzo, 1858
  11. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  12. Towns, George A. (George Alexander), 1870 1960
  13. Universities
  14. Universities And Colleges
  15. Women
  16. Women College Teachers

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