Fulton County superintendent's annual reports now available

The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce that the superintendent’s annual reports for the Fulton County school system is now available. These resources have been made available online thanks in part to the DLG’s Competitive Digitization grant program, a funding opportunity intended to broaden DLG partner participation for statewide historic digitization projects.

These annual reports were submitted by local, public school districts to the State School Superintendent’s Office as part of their operations to receive accreditation and funding and contain demographic information pertaining to the growth of the school system located in and around Atlanta between the years 1929 and 1977. The reports contain material related to school employees, building materials and valuations, as well as transportation and supply costs.

The oldest portion of this collection provides evidence of a largely rural and segregated district during the Great Depression, while the latter portion is a culmination of the movement to integrate schools after the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954—a process that lasted 17 years. In this respect, the reports help clarify one of the defining issues of the Civil Rights Movement.

For more information, please contact Mandy Mastrovita at 706-542-0587.