Emory Magazine: Latest Additions to the African American Literary Collection

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In a special issue on the legacy of civil rights, Emory Magazine shines a spotlight on African American culture and life. Dr. Randall K. Burkett, curator of Emory University's African American collection at Robert W. Woodruff Library, has just returned with another spectacular literary collection for Emory's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Including a collection from a Savannah fortune teller of the 1920s and the library, papers and photos of Cedric Dover, friend of the Harlem Renaissance. 

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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