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Assistant Director for Services of the Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority. made her on liquor and sold it, provided for her family and had a tv when it was uncommon, hosted big events and many in the community would attend
Sarah Fitten
Ms. Polly Petty (Big Mama)
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Common employment roles for men
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Common employment roles for men
Director of security for Dr. King during the civil rights movement and organizer for SCLC
Fred C. Bennette Jr
James Griffin
The Atlanta Constitution article
James Hiram Malone Born in Winterville, moved to BB as a child in 1932, artist, founder, leader, organizer John Davis (J.D.) Hudson discusses his experiences as one the first black police officers in Atlanta
Associate Minister at Mt. Zion Second Baptist Church, the second oldest black Baptist church in Atlanta former resident of Buttermilk Bottoms. He is the cousin of the late, famed Buttermilk Bottoms artist James Malone. After enlisting in the U.S. Armed Forces, is a deacon at Mt. Zion Second Baptist Church, grew up in Buttermilk Bottoms, and is actively involved in the Buttermilk Bottoms reunion group and its activities. Smith and his family lived on Pine Place in Buttermilk Bottoms. September 13, 1945 at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and is the oldest of eleven siblings. He has five children and is not currently married. He has resided in both Buttermilk Bottoms and Vine City.
Emory Searcy, Jr.
Master Sargent William Huff
Samuel H. Smith, Sr.
Harold Carter
Nathaniel Bronner (one of the founders of Bronner Brothers) lived in BB Pine and Felton drive Mother Arthur Wallace, aided families hit hard by the flood, member at BSBC
Flood-Hit Families Aided by Red Cross, Alfred R. Johnson, June 14, 1963 accomplished Black photographer, lived 137 Baker Street, born in McDonough in 1901 and lived in Atlanta 1922- 1929, Weems established his professional career on Auburn Avenue, and became a partner of the Paul Poole photography studio in 1928. He married Willie Mae Morris in 1925. Weems studied with well-known African American photographer, C. M. Battey, at Tuskegee Institute.
Ellie Lee Weems
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