Booker T. Hagen oral history interview, 1989 Oct. 14.

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Booker T. Hagen oral history interview, 1989 Oct. 14.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Booker T. Hagen on October 14, 1989 in which he discusses his childhood; induction into the army; formation of NAACP chapter while in army; Evans County Improvement League; candidacy for Justice of Peace; Ku Klux Klan activity; NAACP legal defense; employment history; obstacles to voting; black appointments to Housing Authority and county positions; Michael Moore case; voter education; and black elected officials in Evans County.

1 audiotape ; cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403157

Georgia State University

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

Hagen, Booker T.,

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Booker T. Hagen, NAACP leader from Evans County, Georgia. From the description of Booker T. Hagen oral history interview, 1989 Oct. 14. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476303 ...

Stewart, Duane,

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Evans County Improvement League (Ga.)

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Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...