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Formerly the largest historically black university in the United States, founded in 1865 by a prominent abolitionist group in conjunction with the Freedmen’s Bureau created to promote economic development and create educational opportunities for emancipated blacks. It was also James Weldon Johnson’s alma mater, and it merged with Clark University in 1988 to form Clark Atlanta University.
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Atlanta University Term Timeline in Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The timeline below shows where the term Atlanta University appears in Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...dollars. Altogether, his 400 dollars was enough for one year at Harvard or two at Atlanta, and he still had a “peculiar fascination with the South,” so he chose Atlanta.
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Chapter 4
Seeking a place to stay before University started, the narrator asked “one of the Pullman car porters,” who offered his own place....
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The woman mentioned that Atlanta University was actually opening that day, and the narrator and the Pullman porter walked over...
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The narrator went back to the university, intending to explain his situation to the University president, but realized it might all “sound fishy.” He reached the school’s gates and hesitated...
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