Atlanta Negro Voters League

Atlanta Negro Voters League
AbbreviationANVL
FormationJuly 7, 1949
Dissolvedc. 1960s
TypeGovernmental
Legal statusOrganization
PurposeBlack suffrage
Location
Founders
A. T. Walden
John Wesley Dobbs
Co-chairs
John H. Calhoun
Q. V. Williamson
AffiliationsN.A.A.C.P.
National Urban League

The Atlanta Negro Voters League (ANVL) was an American bipartisan governmental organization. The organization was formed in 1949 by Republican A. T. Walden, and Democrat John Wesley Dobbs. The organization was created after the lynching of Robert Mallard. The organization’s goal was to increase the strength of the Black vote; they did this by performing sit-ins on historically Black colleges and universities.