John Rozier papers, 1967-1987.

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Rozier, John. John Rozier papers, 1967-1987.

John Rozier papers, 1967-1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863069

The collection consists primarily of source material for John Rozier's study of political leadership in Hancock County, Georgia, Black Boss: Political Revolution in a Georgia County, published by the University of Georgia Press in 1982. The book chronicles the political rise of John McCown, an African American who arrived in Hancock County in 1966 to begin massive poverty-fighting programs. Hancock County became the first black-controlled county in the south since Reconstruction. Most of the source material in this collection consists of newspaper clippings documenting the activities of McCown, the Georgia Council on Human Relations, and the East Central Committee for Opportunity. Correspondence, memoranda, materials relating to a 1974 riot, and McCown's criminal record document the tensions between black and white residents of the county. The collection also includes Rozier's research notes, typescripts of three chapters, and notes on oral interviews of residents of Hancock County in the 1960s and 1970s.

2.5 linear ft. : (5 boxes)

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