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Scope and Contents This collection records the experiences of African-American teachers who taught in one room schools in Burke County, Georgia between 1930 and 1955.  Six of the fourteen interviews discuss the role of Jeans supervisors in the schools. Jeans supervisors were funded by the philanthropist Anna Jeans to raise the level of educational opportunities in the South. Interviews conducted with: Mrs. Willie Henry Benefield, Allene Bessent, Alma Griffin, Azalene Young,, Rev. Paul Howard,, Dr. Justine...

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This collection is comprised of typed histories of African American churches in Augusta, Ga.

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This collection is comprised of 3 boxes of materials collected by Dr. Perzavia Praylow, an Assistant Professor of African American History at Augusta University (2012-2015) on behalf of Reese Library's Special Collections and Institutional Archives. The majority of the materials in the collection are photocopies of news paper articles and some ephemera realted to African American history in Augusta.

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This collection consists of oral histories on the 1970 Augusta riots collected by Patrick Timmons' Historical Research Methods Class.

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Reminiscences of Old South, a typed speech by an unkown author. Some poems included.

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1852 Richmond County, Georgia receipt for sale of three male slaves

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Records of individuals owning enslaved persons.  Many records note the names of the enslaved persons.

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This material contains meeting minutes, receipts, invoices, correspondence, and resident’s records