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Amos Drug Store - 3 Ashby Street

Born in 1866 in rural Georgia, Moses Amos walked to Atlanta in search of employment. He became a druggist´s assistant and, in 1913, opened his own pharmacy. Ten years later, he and his nephew,...

Born in 1866 in rural Georgia, Moses Amos walked to Atlanta in search of employment. He became a druggist´s assistant and, in 1913, opened his own pharmacy. Ten years later, he and his nephew, Miles Amos, opened their own west side branch here, where it became a social club for neighborhood youth. Like other members of the Black business community, the Amos family campaign for political equality. In 1953, Miles Amos and A. T. Walden, a prominent attorney, became the first African American since 1870 to hold elected office in the city´s Democratic Party.

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.

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