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Contains original materials donated to GSU Library’s Special Collections & Archives. These items are comprised of correspondence, legal documents, notes and research materials, photographs, and artifacts belonging to the late Civil Rights leader Lonnie King, Jr. They chronicle his life, career and involvement with the Atlanta Student Movement, NAACP, Morehouse College, and Georgia State University.

In commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. The Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, chartered in 1898, was the first nursing school in Georgia and served as a cornerstone to the education and training of nurses in the region and across the United States. In 1917 the Municipal Training School for Colored Nurses at Grady was chartered, providing nursing education to black nursing students. These two programs were integrated in September 1964. During its tenure of 84 years, the School trained over 4,000 nurses as it grew and developed along with the field of nursing education.
Keywords: exhibits, collections, healthcare, higher education