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 44 typed pages about the Race Riots in Augusta Ga., written by William Winn in 1970.

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Footage runs for 2 minutes and 11 seconds.  Material is retrospective coverage of the riots made within a week of the occurrence of the event.  Footage includes scenes of the protestors assembling at the Augusta Richmond County Municipal Building, scenes of peace-keeping personal and scenes of destroyed buildings.  There is audio of James Brown discussing the cause of the riot accompanied by a still photograph.

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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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A collection of legal and financial paperwork relating to the Martin family in Augusta, Georgia. Much of the collection comprises of deeds, indentures, estates, and wills.

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Collection includes: slave bills of sale, Georgia land deeds; including Cherokee,  Wilkes, Richmond, Columbia, Greene, Wilkinson, Jefferson, Burke, Screven, Washington, and Early Counties, and cities Augusta and Savannah, South Carolina land deeds; including Edgefield, Granville, Effingham, Barnwell, and Aiken Counties and Beech Island and Newberry District, Georgia Legal Papers, South Carolina Legal Papers, and Confederate and Military Papers