John Griffin papers, 1964-2000.

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John Griffin papers, 1964-2000.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863311

The collection consists of the personal papers of John A. Griffin. The papers include correspondence, reports, student papers, audio-visual material, and other material documenting Griffin's education, career as a professor and as an arbitrator, his work with the Southern Regional Council, and school desegregation. Part of the audio-visual material consists of audio recordings of a speech of John A. Griffin entitled "The Importance of Public Education" delivered at the annual banquet of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations (1966) and the subsequent discussion with attending students. The collection also includes an audio recording (1964) of a panel discussion with Claude Sitton, Harold C. Fleming, Harry S. Ashmore, John Popham, and Ralph McGill, moderated by Griffin and entitled "Is There a New South?"

58 linear feet (58 boxes and 3 oral histories (OH)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927311

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Griffin, John A. (John Ansley), 1912-

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John A. Griffin, alumnus of Emory University and former professor of sociology at Emory. From the description of John Griffin papers, 1964-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863311 ...

Mississippi Council on Human Relations

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Ashmore, Harry S.

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Harry S. Ashmore (1916-1998) was an American journalist and author. During his tenure as executive editor of the Arkansas Gazette, the paper won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (1957) for its coverage of the school integration conflict in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1959 he relocated to California where he worked with the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara (1959-1974) and served as editor in chief of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1960-1963). He is the author of ele...

Popham, John

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Epithet: military commander and speaker-elect of the House of Commons British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x00018e Epithet: Lord Chief Justice British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x00026b ...

Fleming, Harold C.

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Civil rights leader and executive with the Potomac Institute, Washington, D.C. Full name: Harold Curtis Fleming. Born 1922; died 1992. From the description of Harold C. Fleming papers, 1950-1993 (bulk 1961-1987). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983489 ...

Sitton, Claude

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Claude Fox Sitton, journalist, editor, and educator, was born 4 December 1925, in Emory (now part of Atlanta), Georgia. He graduated from Emory College (1947) and Emory University (1949); was a reporter for the International News Service (1949-1950) and United Press (1950-1955); and on the staff of the New York TIMES (1957; southeastern bureau chief, 1958-1968; national news director, 1964-1968). Sitton was editorial director of the Raleigh NEWS AND OBSERVER (1970-1990); in 1983, he won a Pulitz...

McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969

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Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading voince for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation, chastising a generation of demagogues, timid journalists, and ministers who feared change. When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools in 1954 and southern demagogues led defiance of the court, segregationists vilified McGill ...