Atlanta Inquirer

History

Newspaper

• Note: PDFs of the Atlanta Inquirer are available via their website. 

• Founded by Jesse Hill and Herman Russell as a liberal black newspaper in 1960, the Inquirer sought to provide a voice for the early Civil Rights Movement when Atlanta's leading Black newspaper, the Atlanta Daily World failed to do so. 

• Inquirer's "About Us."

Other

• Atlanta Daily World on New Georgia Encyclopedia

City

• Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County

• New Georgia Encyclopedia entry

County

• New Georgia Encyclopedia entry

Superior Court Districts

• Coweta Circuit Dec. 20, 1869

• Atlanta Circuit, 1869-

Population - Census

• 1860: 14,427

• 1870: 33,446

• 1880: 49,137

• 1890: 84,665

• 1900: 117,363

• 1910: 177,733

• 1920: 232,606

• 1930: 318,587

• 1940: 392,886

• 1950: 473,572

• 1960: 556,326

• 1970: 607,210

Already Digitized By DLG

• No issues of the Atlanta Inquirer have been digitized by DLG

• List of other digitized Atlanta titles

Film Holdings (3 Reels)

• Jul 31, 1960 - Dec 30, 1961

• Jan 6, 1962 - Feb 23, 1963

• Mar 2, 1963 - Aug 29, 1964