Derek T. Mosley, Archivist and Division Manager at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History will present during American Archives Month on the oral history collections held by the library. The focus will be on strategic partnerships that the library has undertaken during the last 25 years to document the African American community in Atlanta. Also during the presentation, Mr. Mosley will give a brief history of the physical archives holdings including its strengths within the African American Civil Rights Movement, LGBTQIA, Education and Organizations. During the PowerPoint presentation, he will show images and include brief audio snippets from the following collections:
General Mills-Kroger Oral History Collection for the Friends of the Auburn Avenue Research Library
WERD Oral History Interviews
Civil rights Discussion Series Recordings
Andrew J. Young Papers
Hosea L. Williams Papers
NAACP Atlanta Branch Records
African American Gay and Lesbian Print Culture Collection
Atlanta Life Insurance Company Records and others
