Emory Magazine: Favorites in the African American Collections

In a special issue on the legacy of civil rights, Emory Magazine shines a spotlight on African American culture and life at Emory University. Kevin Young, poet, professor and curator of literary collections at the university's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, shows a few of his favorite objects from these remarkably vast holdings.

For the Spring 2009 issue of Emory Magazine, visit http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/2009/spring/

For more on Alice Walker and Emory's collections, visit http://www.emory.edu/home/academics/libraries/alice-walker.html

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