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Papers of the 2012 Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference: Hip Hop, Education & Expanding the Archival Imagination.
No full textTo promote teaching and research of the Shakur Collection, the AUC Woodruff Library held a two-day conference September 28-29, 2012, Hip Hop, Education, and Expanding the Archival Imagination, that explored Shakurs life and work as well as Hip Hop archives and studies. Hop scholars, educators, students and artists from around the country convened for the event. Featured speakers included Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture at Duke University; Dr. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Vice Provost for Diversity and Professor of History at the University of Connecticut; Kevin Powell, author and political activist; and Dr. Akinyele K. Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University. These documents represent fifteen papers submitted by panelists at the 2012 conference. Information for each author may be found in the section entitled Panelist Biographies. The papers have been reformatted only to maintain similarity in font style and margins
Student sermon: King, Charles
No full textInterdenominational Theological Center student Charles King delivers two sermons titled Moving toward Responsible Living with Power and Pathways to Maturity.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Founder's Day, February 16, 1985
No full textPresident Hugh Gloster with unidentified persons. Written on verso: Founder's Day Banquet Saturday, Feb. 16, 1985.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions.</em
Selma Richardson, circa 1955
No full textSelma Richardson watches television with two young girls, children of Gammon students and faculty.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Eighth Annual Community Prayer Breakfast, Mayor Pasty Jo Hilliard
No full textThis video recording consists of the Eighth Annual Community Prayer Breakfast of East Point, Georgia, dated January 10, 2004. The breakfast, organized by East Point mayor Patsy Jo Hilliard, was accompanied by a program of multiple ministers and city officials leading prayers at the First Mallalieu Methodist Church in East Point. In addition to the prayers, the program included dance and musical numbers and a sermon by Dr. Juel Pate Borders-Benson, the daughter of civil rights leader Rev. William Holmes Borders
Message by Bro. Benny
No full textThis recording features two sermons on love. In the first sermon an unidentified male delivers a sermon on �Spiritual Growth.� His sermon includes Galatians 5:22. He discusses how spiritual growth is rooted in love. He also talks about how love is not a feeling but an attitude of mind. The second sermon features an unidentified man preaching from the title �What Manner of Love is This?� He discusses the love of Jesus being far beyond the love of family and friends. He also talks about how God is in everything.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Woman and Baby, circa 1912
No full textA woman picks a baby out of a stroller. Written on verso: Helen (?). A woman with a baby
Dr. Asa Hilliard-Area E 1:30-4:00 Sp. Ed. Chief School Officer-Tape II null
No full textIn this presentation, recorded on an unspecified date in 1985, Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III argues that African American students, particularly young males, are not being taught about real heroes of African descent. Hilliard focuses his remarks on the African origins of Ancient Egypt, the African culture and roots of Caribbean figures, such as Marcus Garvey and Toussaint Louverture, and the achievement of men of African descent throughout the world. He laments that more young African Americans are not taught about Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Dubois, and other "multiple geniuses." The recording closes with a question and answer session focusing on student achievement