Gladys Cheney and Geneva Lyde oral history interview, 1989 Oct. 13.

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Gladys Cheney and Geneva Lyde oral history interview, 1989 Oct. 13.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476294

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Gladys Cheney and Geneva Lyde on October 13, 1989. Gladys Cheney discusses barriers to voting; white primary; voter's league; Brunswick church's cooperation with voter's league; race relations in Brunswick; consolidation; and the Sea Island Company. Geneva Lyde discusses Ku Klux Klan activity; Walter White; early involvement with NAACP; Glynn County Voter's League; mayoral campaign; difficulty in recruiting blacks to run for office; work with Community Action; blacks and the Republican Party; Glenn County Political Action Committee; THE ISLANDER; suit against Brunswick Democratic Club; lack of black access to white community institutions; fight against consolidation; and the Sea Island Company.

1 audiotape ; cassette.

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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