Atlanta University barbershop quartet in 1894 with (Third from Left) alumni George Alexander Towns and James Weldon Johnson. George A. Towns received degrees from Atlanta University and Harvard University and later taught at Atlanta University. He was also an officer of the NAACP. James Weldon Johnson later became a well-known poet and civil rights activist.
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