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PHOTOS: Inside C.T. Vivian’s amazing library
Civil Rights leader C.T. Vivian is donating his personal library to the National Monuments Foundation’s Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Vine City.
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July 25, 2017 Atlanta - Portrait of C.T. Vivian at his home library as his daughter Charisse Thornton (background) and Dawnn Mitchell work on checking inventory on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The National Monuments Foundation will be acquiring and managing the world-class library of Atlanta Civil Rights icon, C.T. Vivian. The library will be housed in the new Cook Park in Vine City. Vivian lived in the same Vine City neighborhood that will border Cook Park where his library is to be constructed under a 101-foot Peace Column. The 6,000 volume C.T. Vivian Library is one of the most impressive private collections in the city. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
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