Jack Nelson oral history interview, 1993 Oct. 30.

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Jack Nelson oral history interview, 1993 Oct. 30.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Jack Nelson on October 30, 1993 in which he discusses family background; first newspaper jobs; beginnings as an investigative reporter; Slim Dykes; Camp Stewart reporting; protection from the Army; Phoenix City; lottery in Atlanta in 1957; Lieutenant Marion Jenkins; Ralph McGill; William Hartsfield; Bill Fields; Horace Ingram's garage; the lottery queen, Marla Hodges; Milledgeville hospital investigation; drafting affidavits; Wallace Gibson; nurse performing surgery; Dr. Joe Cones; Buford Quinn; B. Brooks; sources for investigation; Dr. Erville McKinnon; reforms after story; Dr. Corbett Thigpen; Dr. Benny Holland; Athens vice story; photographer Bill Young; visiting brothels; Pulitzer Prize; nominated for awards; corruption in Marvin Griffin administration; Baxter road story; Robert Alwyn "Cheney" Griffin; Candler Jones purchasing scandal; Caribe shipping line; Marvin Griffin; intimidation; and Jimmy Carter.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (71 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403144

Georgia State University

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Thigpen, Corbett H. (Corbett Hilsman), 1919-1999

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Jenkins, Marion T.

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Griffin, Robert Alwyn, 1914-

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Shields, Paul C.

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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 ...

Ingram, Horace.

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Fields, Bill

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Nelson, Jack E., 1951-

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Jack Nelson, former reporter with the Atlanta Constitution and winner of the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for community service. From the description of Jack Nelson oral history interview, 1993 Oct. 30. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476290 ...

Cones, Joe.

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Kuhn, Clifford M. 1952-....

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Georgia. Governor (1955-1959 : Griffin)

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Holland, Benny.

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Georgia. Dept. of Public Welfare.

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Doyle, Zeb.

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Quinn, Buford.

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Milledgeville State Hospital (Milledgeville, Ga.)

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Hartsfield, William Berry

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William Berry Hartsfield (1890-1971) served as Mayor of Atlanta 1937-1962. He served on the Atlanta City Council from 1923-1928 and represented Fulton County in the state legislature. Hartsfield was Mayor of Atlanta in 1939 when the city hosted the premiere of Gone With the Wind, the movie based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell (Marsh). The film Gone With the Wind, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell (Marsh), premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1939. From the descript...

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

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Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946. In the Navy he became a ...

Gibson, Wallace.

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