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The library of Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) and of the Association he founded in 1915 to advance the study of African American life and history is one of Emory's most distinguished holdings. It contains exceedingly rare volumes, many privately published by African American authors and inscribed to Woodson. It includes pro-slavery as well as anti-slavery texts; books on economics, literature, politics, art and culture; and books dealing with the history of Russia, India and Europe, as well as Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America. It also includes most of the books Woodson published through the Associated Publishers. The exhibition sheds new light on the "Father of Negro History" as an intellect, as a political actor, as an organizer, and as an educator.
The exhibition's university sponsors are American Studies Program, Department of African American Studies, Department of History, Emory College, Emory University Libraries, Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
The exhibition's corporate sponsors are The Coca-Cola Company and The Georgia-Pacific Foundation.
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