Medium
visual works

Creator
Jones, J. Richardson (Joseph Richardson), 1900-1948

Date of Original
1938

Subject
Athletic fields--Georgia--Atlanta
African American athletes--Georgia
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
African American football players--Georgia--Atlanta
African American baseball players--Georgia--Atlanta
Basketball--Georgia--Atlanta
Golf--Georgia--Atlanta
Jones, J. Richardson (Joseph Richardson), 1900-1948
Martin, Eugene M.
Atlanta University Center
Spelman College
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Tuskegee University
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta Black Crackers

Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Type
MovingImage

Description
The footage contained within this collection are film clips from Parade of Progress of Colored Atlanta film commissioned by Eugene M. Martin (1888-1969) and produced by J. Richardson Jones (c. 1901-1948).
"Eugene M. Martin, the Executive Secretary of Atlanta Life Insurance, commissioned Jones to produce a newsreel advertising the black-owned company to prospective employees and clients." In 1939, the newsreel premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The footage documents a variety of activities including sporting events, homecoming, golf, motorcycle racing, occupational activities, and baseball. Included in the footage is the Atlanta Black Crackers baseball team playing a game at Ponce De Leon Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of the footage depicts African-Americans engaged in white-collar professions such as secretaries, newspaper printers, cashiers, and bookkeepers. There is also a small section of film with audio, reporting the return of A.L. Richardson, President of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company, from the "Holy Land."

Original Collection
Joseph Richardson Jones film, 1938 (VIS 179), Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.

Rights