Atlanta University Center in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

An Appeal for Human Rights

March 9, 1960

Photographed by Mark Hilton, November 14, 2021

1. An Appeal for Human Rights Marker

Inscription.
In March of 1960, students of the six colleges comprising the Atlanta University Center, having decided to challenge the scourge of segregation in public and private facilities of Atlanta, presented a manifesto entitled “An Appeal for Human Rights" as a preamble to pending demonstrations designed to achieve the same right and privileges for "Negroes" that were accorded white citizens. At the behest of the six college presidents and signed by the six student government presidents, the document was published in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution on March 9, 1960 and quickly found its way to the New York Times and the Congressional Record. It is taught throughout the world as a profound statement of the determination of young people to overthrow the vestiges of slavery and to achieve liberty and justice for all.

Commission to Honor an Appeal for Human Rights and the Atlanta Student Movement

Lydia Arnold • Hon. Carolyn Long Banks • Charles A. Black • Wylma Long Blanding : Alethea Boone · Hon. Brenda Hill Cole Dr. Herschelle Sullivan Challenor · Constance Curry • Dr. Riggins R. Earl • Samuel Jolley ·

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Lonnie King • Valerie Levy • Dr. Roslyn Pope · Hon. Lottie Watkins Dr. Mary Ann Wilson - Booker

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[Copy of:]
"An Appeal for Human Rights." 1960, Atlanta Student Movement Collection, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library

Erected 2015 by Councilmember Michael Julian Bond, Post 1 At-Large and City of Atlanta Kasim Reed, Mayor.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1960.

Location. 33° 44.967′ N, 84° 24.756′ W. Marker is in Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is in Atlanta University Center. It is at the intersection of Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard and Chestnut Street NW, on the right when traveling west on Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Atlanta GA 30314, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

Copy of "An Appeal for Human Rights" on reverse of marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, November 14, 2021

2. Copy of "An Appeal for Human Rights" on reverse of marker.

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Atlanta Student Movement (here, next to this marker); Atlanta Student Movement Planned (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Atlanta Student Movement (a few steps from this marker); Rush Memorial Congregational Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); University Homes (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lugenia Burns Hope (approx. ¼ mile away); Booker T. Washington High School (approx. half a mile away); Citizens Trust Bank (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atlanta.

An Appeal for Human Rights Marker on right. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, November 14, 2021

3. An Appeal for Human Rights Marker on right.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 718 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 16, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.