Georgia Davis Powers papers

Abstract

The Georgia Davis Powers papers (1949-2012, undated; 9.45 cubic feet; 14 document cases, 3 record storage carton, and 4 flat boxes) comprises scrapbooks, subject files, correspondence, speeches, notepads, manuscripts, photographs, audiocassettes, video tapes, and publications releating to Georgia Davis Powers' political career and social activism.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Georgia Davis Powers papers
Date
1949-2012, undated (inclusive)
Creator
Powers, Georgia Davis
Extent
9.45 Cubic Feet
Subjects
African American women -- Kentucky
Public policy and politics
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by format.
Finding Aid Author
Felicia Reaves; Deana Thomas
Preferred Citation
2011ms024: [identification of item], Georgia Davis Powers papers, 1949-2012, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Repository
University of Kentucky

Collection Overview

Biography / History
State senator and civil rights leader, Georgia Davis Powers (1923-2016), was born Georgia Montgomery in Springfield, Kentucky, and raised in Louisville. She became involved in politics and the civil rights movement in 1962 working on numerous political campaigns including Wilson Wyatt's senate campaign and Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt's successful gubenatorial campaign. In 1964 she worked for the Allied Organization for Civil Rights and helped organize a demonstration in Frankfort in support of a public accomodations bill. This demonstration, called the March on Frankfort, included Dr. Martin Luther King and Jackie Robinson. From 1968 until 1989, she served in the Kentucky State Senate as the first African-American and first female senator in Kentucky. During her career in the Kentucky senate, she supported legislation for civil rights, fair housing, and anti-discrimination laws.
Following her retirement, she remained an active supporter of human equality, founding both the Friends of Nursing Home Residents (FONHRI) and Quality Education for All Students (QUEST).
She wrote several books including her autobiography I Shared the Dream and Celia's land.
Sources:
Gerth, Joseph. "Civil rights leader Georgia Powers dies at 92". Courier-Journal, January 30, 2016. Accessed September 2, 2016. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/01/30/civil-rights-leader-georgia-powers-dies-92/79529572/
Scope and Content
The Georgia Davis Powers papers (1949-2012, undated; 9.45 cubic feet; 14 document cases, 3 record storage carton, and 4 flat boxes) comprises scrapbooks, subject files, correspondence, speeches, notepads, manuscripts, photographs, audiocassettes, video tapes, and publications releating to Georgia Davis Powers' political career and social activism. The collection includes four large scrapbooks and loose scrapbook pages chronicling her political career and social advocacy in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as related documents related to her defense of civil rights, particularly through the Louisville Branch of the NAACP. The collection contains her writings, speeches, and notes including manuscripts, drafts, and research materials for her publications Celia's Land and The Adventures of the Book Revelation, A Bible Prophecy. The notepads (1995-2011) chronicle her daily activities and thoughts. Additionally, the collection contains her personal and professional correspondence, subject files, and documents pertaining to honors and awards. The audiovisual material includes audiocassettes and video tapes related to Georgia Davis Powers' family life, civil rights, social activism, politics, and religion. The photographs depict undated and unidentified subjects.
Includes a book written by Dr. Anne Onyekwuluje from Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky., entitled Georgia Powers.

Restrictions on Access and Use

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Use Restrictions
The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.

Contents of the Collection

Audiocassettes, 1986-2004

"10-25-02 GMP-BBC", 2002 October 25

  • Box 1, folder 1
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"March on Frankfort 3-3-04", 2004 March 3

  • Box 1, folder 1
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Arise, O' God, undated

  • Box 15, item 1
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Arise, O' God Nicky's Camp Speech, undated

  • Box 15, item 2
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Black Defenders of U.S. Constitution, 1987 February 19

  • Box 15, item 3
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Black History Service, 1992 February 12-14

  • Box 15, item 4
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Blacks in Lexington Tape 1-3, University of Kentucky Oral History Project, 1987 June 17

  • Box 15, item 5-7
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Black Woman's Pol. Or. Practice tapes, 1984 December 17

  • Box 15, item 8
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Brandon Davis, Tuesday, 2003 April 22

  • Box 15, item 9
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C.L. Franklin, Aretha side A only, undated

  • Box 15, item 10
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Conversation with Mom, Cleveland, Jem, Georgia, 1986 May 27

  • Box 15, item 11
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Conversaton with Nicky, Lamont, Grandmother, 1973

  • Box 15, item 12
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Conversation Pop, Jay, Georgia, Mom, 1977

  • Box 15, item 13
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Conversation Pop, Mell, Jem, Georgia at home, 1981

  • Box 15, item 14
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Double take- Don't Take your Spirit, undated

  • Box 15, item 15
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Family Worship Center: Faith Clinic Sister Georgia Powers, 1991 January 9

  • Box 15, item 16
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Family Worship Center: Singing and preaching wonderful and higher, 1991 December 8

  • Box 15, item 17
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Family Worship Center: Sister Georgia birthday reception, 1985 October 25

  • Box 15, item 18
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Georgia Powers and Nickey in conversation, 1985

  • Box 15, item 19
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Halloween party, 1981 October 31

  • Box 15, item 20
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Hill, Reverend Hill, 2003 March 22

  • Box 15, item 21
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Hill, Reverend Hill sermon, 2003 April 12

  • Box 15, item 22
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Jay, Mom, Pop, Georgia Powers, 1978

  • Box 15, item 23
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Jas Orange at Lion Baptist, 2002 April 4

  • Box 15, item 24
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Man to be remembered- Martin Luther King Jr., 2003 January 20

  • Box 15, item 25
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Margaret Blouin in concert at Baptist Pentecostal, 1987 February 8

  • Box 16, item 1
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Mom's birthday party, 1986 May 30

  • Box 16, item 2
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New Sunny Mount Baptist Church, undated

  • Box 16, item 3
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Nicky's introduction of Georgia Powers at YWCA Awards Banquet, 1989

  • Box 16, item 4
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Pop, 1982 January 6

  • Box 16, item 5
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Pop Ancestry- Ben Montgomery, 1983

  • Box 16, item 6
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Pop, Mom, Jay, 1978

  • Box 16, item 7
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Pop and Mell conversation, 1981 November 2

  • Box 16, item 8
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Pop and Mell, 1981 December 27

  • Box 16, item 9
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QUEST, 1991 November 24

  • Box 16, item 10
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Reverend Ralph David Abernathy for Georiga Powers' re-election, 1979 February 25

  • Box 16, item 11
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Revival in the Land of Carman, undated

  • Box 16, item 12
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Sandi Patti, undated

  • Box 16, item 13
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Sandi Patti: Hymns just for you, undated

  • Box 16, item 14
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Second Street Mary? Ann, 2003 March 30

  • Box 16, item 15
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Senator Georgia Davis Powers Family Worship Center, undated

  • Box 16, item 16
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Speech at Central High Reunion, 1990 September 1

  • Box 16, item 17
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Speech Georgia Powers YWCA, 1988 October 6

  • Box 16, item 18
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Still Under Construction, Dr. Wesley Pitts, 2002 April 7

  • Box 16, item 19
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TARC Summaries, undated

  • Box 16, item 20
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University of Kentucky Oral History Program Voices from the Collection, undated

  • Box 16, item 21
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Women's Equality Day, 2009 August 23

  • Box 16, item 22
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Unlabeled, undated

  • Box 16, item 23-25
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Biographical, 1989-2012, undated

Scope and Contents

Chronological arrangement. Includes clippings, a book about Georgia Davis Powers written by Anne Onyekwuluje (Sociology professor, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.), biographical narratives and vita, lists of Senate bills sponsored by Georgia Davis Powers, a typed interview with Georgia Davis Powers (interviewer unknown), obituary outline and funeral requests by Georgia Davis Powers.

FBI Records Request Report on Georgia Davis Powers, 1989

  • Box 1, folder 2
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News and magazine articles about Georgia Davis Powers, 1990

  • Box 1, folder 3
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Clippings, 2005-2010, undated

  • Box 1, folder 4
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King Leruo Molotlegi, Royal Bafoking Nation, narrative of meeting with Georgia Davis Powers, 2008

  • Box 1, folder 5
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Talent agreement with Preservation Films, 2008

  • Box 1, folder 6
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Writings by Anne Onyekwuluje, 2008, undated

  • Box 1, folder 8-11

Georgia Powers: A Sociopolitical Feminist History, 1967-1986 (3 folders), 2008

  • Box 1, folder 7-9
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"Georgia Davis Powers and Harriet Martineau: An Invitation to a 'bluestocking party,' Celebrating the Sociohistorical Visions of These Akin Feminists," expository essay, undated

  • Box 1, folder 10
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Biographical narratives and vita, undated

  • Box 1, folder 11
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Interview with Georgia Davis Powers, typed transcript, undated

  • Box 1, folder 12
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Kentucky Senate bills initiated by Georgia Davis Powers, lists, undated

  • Box 1, folder 13
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Life events narrative, handwritten, loose pages, undated

  • Box 1, folder 14
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Obituary and funeral requests by Georgia Davis Powers, undated

  • Box 1, folder 15
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Quotes about Georgia Davis Powers by Kentucky Governors, undated

  • Box 1, folder 15b
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Georgia Davis Powers Biography, VITA, undated

  • Box 11a, folder 1
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Calendars, 2009-2012

  • Box 12a, folder 13
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Correspondence, 1975-2012, undated

Scope and Contents

Congratulatory and thank you letters from U.S. Presidents, First Ladies, Governors. Incoming professional correspondence related to her political career, her political and social activism, her writing. Thank you for participating in events, and requests for her public support from other political figures. Chronological arrangement.

Letters from U.S. Presidents, Governors, and First Ladies, 1975-1993

  • Box 1, folder 16
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Incoming cards/letters, professional, 1978-2010, undated

  • Box 1, folder 17
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Incoming letters/cards, personal, 2005-2010, undated

  • Box 1, folder 18
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Outgoing letters from Georgia Davis Powers, 1991-2010

  • Box 1, folder 19
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Name and address lists, loose pages, 2003, undated

  • Box 1, folder 20
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Congratulations letters, 2005, 2010

  • Box 11a, folder 2
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Correspondence with Inez Gillings, 2001

  • Box 11a, folder 3
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Draft outgoing letter, undated

  • Box 11a, folder 4
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Get well cards, 2012 June 13

  • Box 11a, folder 5
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Personal letters, 1988-2011

  • Box 11a, folder 6
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Professional letters, 1993, 2010-2012

  • Box 11a, folder 7
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Thank you and Congratulations cards, undated

  • Box 11a, folder 8-9
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Honors and awards, 1983-2010

Scope and Contents

Chronological arrangement. Events programs, award certificate, letter of thanks, Joint Kentucky Senate Reesolution to create Georgia Davis Powers Expressway, news clippings re: the expressway.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Drum Major for Justice Awards, event program, 1983

  • Box 2, folder 1
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Interdenominational Ministerial Coalition's W.J. Hodge Leadership Award, 2008

  • Box 2, folder 2
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Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Advoccacy Hearing, "I'm Still Standing," honoring Georgia Davis Powers, 2009

  • Box 2, folder 3
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Distinguished Citizen Award, 2010

  • Box 2, folder 4
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Presented to GDP by Louisville, Ky. Mayor Jerry Abramson at Congregation Adath Jeshurun's 39th Annual Music Festival. Includes a letter of thanks from Cantor Lipp for her participation in the event.

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Georgia Davis Powers Expressway, 2010

  • Box 2, folder 5
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Includes the House resolution to rename the expressway after GDP, the sign unveiling event program, and news clippings.

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Kentucky Commission on Human Rights 50th Anniversary Celebration, recognition of Georgia Davis Powers, 2010

  • Box 2, folder 6
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Notepads, 1995-2011, undated

Scope and Contents

A series of notepads containing the following: drafts of letters, speeches and eulogies; some biographical writing by Georgia Davis Powers; genealogy notes; drafts of paragraphs and notes on structure for her book, Celia's Land; Bible study notes and notes pertaining to church meetings; notes pertaining to the Louisville Branch NAACP, including loose documents regarding the change of branch presidents; thoughts about civil rights; thoughts on Obama's election; an account of her second husband's illness and death; notes on African-Americans and education; quotes by other people; names, phone numbers and addresses, and notes to self. Arranged chronologically.

1995-1996

  • Box 2, folder 7
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1998

  • Box 2, folder 8
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1999-2000

  • Box 2, folder 9
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2000

  • Box 2, folder 10
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2001

  • Box 2, folder 11
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2001-2002

  • Box 2, folder 12
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2003

  • Box 2, folder 13
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2003-2004

  • Box 2, folder 14
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2004-2005

  • Box 2, folder 15
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2005

  • Box 2, folder 16
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2007-2008

  • Box 2, folder 17
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2009

  • Box 2, folder 18
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2010

  • Box 11a, folder 10
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2011

  • Box 11a, folder 11
  • Box 12a, folder 1
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undated

  • Box 2, folder 19
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Loose pages, undated

  • Box 12, folder 2
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Photographs and ephemera, 1949-2009, undated

Scope and Contents

Comprised of two boxes of black and white, and color prints, mostly unidentified and undated. The prints that are identified and dated are several of the same group of young African-American women, taken from 1949 to 1950, labeled "The Charmettes" along with the function where the photo was taken. Georgia Davis Powers is present in all these labeled prints. Also included is an 8x10 color photograph of Raoul Cunningham, a longtime friend and associate in activism of GDP's. Also comprised of flyers for speaking engagements; blank burial applications; a map of metro Louisville; an invitation to a party at John Y. and Phyllis George Brown's home for a party; a U.S. Senate Gallery pass; a theatre ticket; and various receipts. Also includes a handmade Georgia Davis Powers cereal box, most likely made as a child's school project.

Prints, 1949-1950, undated

  • Box 3-4
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Print of Raoul Cunningham (8x10), 2006

  • Box 2, folder 20
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Ephemera, 1979-2009, undated

  • Box 2, folder 21
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Georgia Davis Powers cereal box, undated

  • Box 17
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Publications, 2000-2012

Louisville Branch NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet program, 2000-2012

  • Box 12a, folder 7-8
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Louisville Branch NAACP, 2009-2012

  • Box 12a, folder 9
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Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame, 2003 July 29

  • Box 12a, folder 10
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Parkland on Display, Maupin Elementary, 2011 March

  • Box 12a, folder 11
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University Press of Kentucky history book catalog, 2006-2007

  • Box 12a, folder 12
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Scrapbooks, 1962-2010, undated

Scope and Contents

Comprised of four hardback binders containing newspaper and magazine clippings detailing the political career and political and social activism of Georgia Davis Powers. Also contains loose, finished scrapbook pages and photocopies of most of the original pages. Arranged chronologically by binder and by folder.

Binders, 1962-2009

Scope and Contents

Comprised of four hardback binders originally used to house bills and resolutions by the Kentucky General Assembly, and repurposed as scrapbooks detailing Georgia Davis Powers' career in politics, and her social and political activism. Remains in the original binders and in the original order as received from the donor. Includes some loose clippings and papers. Chronological arrangement.

1962-1976

  • Box 5
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1972-1982

  • Box 5
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1983-1988

  • Box 5
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1989-2009

  • Box 5
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Loose pages, 1962-2010

Originals, 1962-2010

  • Box 6, folder 1-2
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Photocopies, 1962-2005, undated

  • Box 6, folder 3-13
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Social and political activism, 1984-2010, undated

Scope and Contents

Alphabetical arrangement.

Hughes McGill, Georgia M. Davis, Mae Street Kidd Civil Rights Act of 1968, SB284, description, undated

  • Box 7, folder 1
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Incident involving police brutality and an African-American woman, Louisville, Ky., written by Georgia Davis Powers, 2004

  • Box 7, folder 2
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Jesse Jackson Presidential Campaign, Kentucky campaign fundraiser program, 1984

  • Box 7, folder 3
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Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, 50th Anniversary Luncheon program, undated

  • Box 7, folder 4
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Kentucky Commission on Women, 90th Anniversary Celebration of Votes for Women, 2010, undated

  • Box 7, folder 5
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Kentucky Council of Churches, Report on Racism in the U.S. and Kentucky, 2006

  • Box 7, folder 6a
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Memorial service program for Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt, 2003

  • Box 7, folder 6b
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Parents of Non-Violent Felons, Inc., activist group, undated

  • Box 7, folder 7
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2003-2010, undated

Article by Julian Bond for the 2008 NAACP Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008

  • Box 7, folder 8
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Louisville branch, 2003-2010, undated

Annual Freedom Fund Gala/Banquet, 2003-2010

Papers pertaining to guest speaker, 2003

  • Box 7, folder 9
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Correspondence, 2007

  • Box 7, folder 9a
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Organizing notes, notepad, 2006

  • Box 7, folder 10
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Sample letter for soliciting ticket sales, 2006

  • Box 7, folder 11
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Organizing notes, loose pages, 2008

  • Box 7, folder 12
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Financial Statement, 2009

  • Box 7, folder 13
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Banquet Program, 2010

  • Box 7, folder 14a
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Newspaper articles with editing notes by Georgia Davis Powers, 2006-2009

  • Box 7, folder 14b
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Annual Scholarship Award Program, 2006-2007

  • Box 7, folder 15
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Armed Services and Veteran's Affairs Committee meeting minutes, 2009

  • Box 7, folder 16
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Film on Friday, Veteran's Event, 2010

  • Box 7, folder 17
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General meeting minutes, financial report, member rosters, 2006-2010

  • Box 7, folder 18
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Georgia M. Powers Scholarship Fund, 2007-2009

  • Box 7, folder 19
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Open Records Request of Kentucky State Government re: affirmative action, undated

  • Box 7, folder 20
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Operation Equal Justice, 2005-2006

  • Box 7, folder 21
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Records request documentation to Jefferson County Schools re: funds allocation and desegregation, 2009-2010, undated

  • Box 7, folder 22
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Restoration of Civil Rights to Former Convicted Felons in Kentucky, 2005-2007

  • Box 7, folder 23
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White Paper on Jefferson County Schools Student Assignment Plan, 2010

  • Box 7, folder 24
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Materials from NAACP National Convention, 2010

  • Box 7, folder 25
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Northern Kentucky Branch, Annual Freedom Fund Gala documents, 2005

  • Box 7, folder 26
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Posters with brief biography of Georgia Powers, located with NAACP materials, undated

  • Box 7, folder 27
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Subject files, 1964-2011, undated

Scope and Contents

Alphabetical arrangement.

African-American Women Suffragists/Activists, 2010, undated

  • Box 7, folder 28
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Abortion-notes on House bills, undated

  • Box 7, folder 29
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Allied Organization for Civil Rights (AOCR) 1964 March on Frankfort, 1964-2007

  • Box 7, folder 30
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Black history and "The African Diaspora in the Americas" (map), 1992, undated

  • Box 7, folder 31
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"Black Women's Culture of Resistance and the Right to Vote,"book chapter, circa 1997

  • Box 7, folder 32
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Christian Church history, undated

  • Box 7, folder 33
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Civil Rights Project Report, 2007

  • Box 7, folder 34
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Clippings, 2003-2011, undated

  • Box 8, folder 1-4
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"The Eruption of Tulsa," loose pages from a book, undated

  • Box 8, folder 5
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Federal Voting Rights Laws, 2006

  • Box 8, folder 6
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Furniture and interior design, 19th and early 20th century, notes, undated

  • Box 8, folder 7
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Hazel Scott: A Career Curtailed, booklet by Dwayne Mack, 2006

  • Box 8, folder 8
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Health and nutrition, 2000-2008, undated

  • Box 8, folder 9
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"Joint Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities," letter to the Kentucky Senate from Dr. Gene L. Mason, undated

  • Box 8, folder 10
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Martin Luther King, Jr., 1997

  • Box 8, folder 11a
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Miscellaneous notes, 2006-2007

  • Box 8, folder 11b
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Open Housing Report and History by the Metropolitan Housing Coalition, Louisville, Ky., undated

  • Box 8, folder 12
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Pastors of Louisville, Ky. Black churches, names and addresses, undated

  • Box 8, folder 13
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"Poor People's Campaign "history, 2007

  • Box 8, folder 14
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Prose, Poetry, Sermon, 1989, undated

  • Box 8, folder 15
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Racial Disparities in High School Completion Rates, 2006

  • Box 8, folder 16
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"Racial Fairness in Sentencing: A Case Study of Select Crimes in Jefferson County," report and news articles, 2004-2005

  • Box 8, folder 17
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Saint Petersburg, Fla., Sanitation Workers Strike, writings and photocopies of news articles, 1968

  • Box 8, folder 18
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Selma to Montgomery, Ala., March, 2005

  • Box 8, folder 19
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, testimony by Clifford L. Alexander, 1991

  • Box 8, folder 20
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"The Six Black U.S. Presidents", undated

  • Box 8, folder 21
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Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Trail, Kentucky House Joint Resolution no. 157, 2010

  • Box 8, folder 22
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Westover Subdivision, Louisville, Ky., history, undated

  • Box 8, folder 23
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Subject files from John Johnson, undated

  • Box 12a, folder 3
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Video tapes, 1984-2007, undated

Scope and Contents

Alphabetical arrangement.

African American Civil War Ball, 1998

  • Box 13, item 1
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African American History Month, Georgia Powers, 1998 February 2

  • Box 13, item 2
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Aretha Franklin, undated

  • Box 13, item 3
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The Arsenio Hall Show, 1990 January 15

  • Box 13, item 4
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Biographies: Josephine Baker, Billy Holiday, Alberta Hunter, Cotton Club revisited, undated

  • Box 13, item 5
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Black Wallstreet, 1991

  • Box 13, item 6
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Brown Sugar, 1985-1986

  • Box 13, item 7
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Cancer Commercial WAKE-TV, 1987 February

  • Box 13, item 8
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Carolyn Rogers' Funeral, 1991 November 17

  • Box 13, item 9
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Connections with Renee Shaw no. 103, 2005 November

  • Box 13, item 10
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A Conversation on Race, 1997 August 19

  • Box 13, item 11
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Democratic National Convention, 1984 July 16-19

  • Box 13, item 12
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EEOC Conference: Georgia Powers honored, 1988 September 22

  • Box 13, item 13
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Eyes on the Prize, 1993 January 19

  • Box 13, item 14
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Family Worship Center: Praising the Lord in Songs, undated

  • Box 13, item 15
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Forty Years of Open Housing: the Louisville Experience, DVD, 2007 October 2

  • Box 13, item 16
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Forum of Protest to End Busing, 1991 October 3

  • Box 13, item 17
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Franklin Circuit Court, Commonwealth vs Ronald Anthony Brown, 1993 January 25

  • Box 13, item 18
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Frederick Douglas Birthday Celebration, 2003 February 14

  • Box 13, item 19
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Georgia Powers Toast Roast, 1984 September 27

  • Box 13, item 20
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Hollyfield: Foreman Fight, 1991 April 19

  • Box 13, item 21
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Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Fortieth Anniversary Video, 2000 June

  • Box 13, item 22
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Kentucky Tonight 10/17, undated

  • Box 13, item 23
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Kentucky Women of the Year Awards Banquet, 1991

  • Box 13, item 24
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KET Interview Smith, 1994 October 14

  • Box 13, item 25
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King: Montgomery to Memphis 1955-1968, undated

  • Box 13, item 26
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Living the Story: the Rest of the Story Featuring Georgia Davis Powers, 2003 January

  • Box 13, item 27
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Louisville Forum, 1999 June 9

  • Box 13, item 28
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Louisville Tonight Live Senator Georgia Powers, 1999 May 27

  • Box 13, item 29
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Mandela: the Man, undated

  • Box 13, item 30
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Martin Luther King Jr. A&E Biography, 1997

  • Box 13, item 31
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Martin Luther King Jr., 1987 January

  • Box 13, item 32
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Ceremony, 1987 January 19

  • Box 13, item 33
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Post Office Dedication Ceremony, 1988 June 12

  • Box 14, item 1
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Mobilize to Manifest the Mission, NAACP, 2003

  • Box 14, item 2
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Montgomery Family Reunion, 1988 July 16

  • Box 14, item 3
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NAACP Awards Fox 41, undated

  • Box 14, item 4
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Nightline: Koppel Report Mandela, unopened, undated

  • Box 14, item 5
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O. J. Simpson Preliminary Hearing I, 1994 June 30

  • Box 14, item 6
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O. J. Simpson Preliminary Hearing II, 1994 June 30

  • Box 14, item 7
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O. J. Simpson Preliminary Hearing III, 1994 July 1

  • Box 14, item 8
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Olympic Exhibition Chapter 32, undated

  • Box 14, item 9
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Outlook no. 6018 Race Relations, 2006 February 22

  • Box 14, item 10
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Pastor's Conference: Raoul Cunningham Conducting, 1991 February 14-15

  • Box 14, item 11
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Pastor Frankling S. Hill III: Calvary, God's Redemption Center, undated

  • Box 14, item 12
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Pine Forge Academy Choir: Always Remember, undated

  • Box 14, item 13
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Powers Interview, 1988 October 28

  • Box 14, item 14
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Powers Interview by Wade Hall, 1996 September 25

  • Box 14, item 15
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Powers Interview University of Louisville, 1998 August 8

  • Box 14, item 16
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Powers Home Movies: 1968 Democratic National Convention Speech, 1988 October

  • Box 14, item 17
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Powers sixty-fifth birthday and retirement tribute, 1988 October 28

  • Box 14, item 18
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Powers YMCA Black Achievers, 1989 February

  • Box 14, item 19
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President's Inauguration: Bill Clinton, 1993 January 22

  • Box 14, item 20
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Santa Maria B.R.A.G.'s 18th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration, 2003 January 19

  • Box 14, item 21
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Secrets of Leadership Martin Luther King Jr., undated

  • Box 14, item 22
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Senator Dr. Georgia M. Powers Sermon-Sabbath, 2003 January 18

  • Box 14, item 23
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Studio Footage: Senator Georgia Powers with Melissa Swan and Raoul Cunningham, 1988 August 11

  • Box 14, item 24
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Tavis Smiley Presents: State of the Black Family, undated

  • Box 14, item 25-26
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WDRB-TV Fox 41 Don Schroeder, Georgia Powers, undated

  • Box 14, item 27
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What happened to the 364th, the Slaughter, undated

  • Box 14, item 28
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WLEX-TV Your Government, 1995 February 12

  • Box 14, item 29
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WLKY Fund for Women, undated

  • Box 14, item 30
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Women of Kentucky: Our Legacy, Our Future, 2000

  • Box 14, item 31
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YWCA Presentation, 1989 June 22

  • Box 14, item 32
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1988 Session Speeches, 1988

  • Box 14, item 33
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Unlabeled, undated

  • Box 14, item 34
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Writings and speeches, 1968-2011, undated

Scope and Contents

Series contains Georgia Davis Powers' writings, speeches, and tributes, including manuscripts, drafts, and research materials for her publications Celia's Land and The Adventures of the Book Revelation, A Bible Prophecy. Arranged by format.

Assorted writings, 1992-2006, undated

Bible verses and thoughts, loose pages, 2006, undated

  • Box 8, folder 24
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"The Historical Louisville Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People", 2002-2009

  • Box 8, folder 25
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Narrative entitled "Moses the Orator," notepad, 1992

  • Box 8, folder 26
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Description of Georgia Davis Powers''s meeting and impressions of Jesse Jackson, Jr.

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Books, 1992-2004, undated

"The Blessed Five," narrative, loose pages, undated

  • Box 8, folder 27
Scope and Contents

May be from I Shared the Dream, or may be from a different, unpublished book about Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Adventures of the Book of Revelation, A Bible Prophecy

Two bound drafts with editing marks, undated

  • Box 12, folder 1
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Published version, undated

  • Box 12, folder 2
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Original manuscript copy with editing notes, 1999

  • Box 12, folder 3
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Two loose manuscipt drafts, undated

  • Box 12, folder 4
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Celia's Land, 1997-2004, undated

Drafts and partial copies, undated

  • Box 9, folder 1-5
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Handwriiten and typed.

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Manuscript copy, undated

  • Box 11, folder 5-6
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Manuscript draft 1.2, 1999

  • Box 11, folder 3-4
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Narrative description, undated

  • Box 9, folder 6
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Original manuscript, foreword and other writings, 1996

  • Box 11, folder 1-2
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Papers related to publication, 2004, undated

  • Box 9, folder 7
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Research materials, photocopies, 1997, undated

  • Box 9, folder 8-12
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Editing notes, probably for books, 1992-2008

  • Box 10, folder 1-2
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Flyers advertising Georgia Davis Powers' books, undated

  • Box 10, folder 3
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I Shared the Dream, 1994, undated

Comments about Georgia Davis Powers related to her autobiography, 1994, undated

  • Box 10, folder 4
Scope and Contents

Includes comments from governors, senators, celebrities, and leaders in the arts and education communities.

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Correspondence, 1994, undated

  • Box 10, folder 5
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Notes, 1994, undated

  • Box 10, folder 5a
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Lorraine Hotel room 201 and environs, pencil diagram, undated

  • Box 10, folder 6
Scope and Contents

May be connected to the book I Shared the Dream, or another, unpublished book about Martin Luther King.

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Eulogies/tributes, 1998-2011

Eulogies and tributes by Georgia Davis Powers, 1998-2011

  • Box 10, folder 7
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Speeches: Reflections, 2011

  • Box 11, folder 5
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Speeches, 1968-2010 and undated

  • Box 10, folder 8-12
  • Box 11a, folder 4
  • Box 12a, folder 4
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