Grace Towns Hamilton oral history interview, 1986 June 26.

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Grace Towns Hamilton oral history interview, 1986 June 26.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476304

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Grace Towns Hamilton on June 26, 1986 in which she discusses organizing voter registration; black Atlanta churches; census maps; Robert Thompson; Prudence Herndon; business and financial support of registration; CALHOUN v. LATIMER; the 1946 report on schools; Mary Barker; A.T. Walden; Democratic clubs; obstacles to voter registration in rural Georgia; Rufus Clement; Q.V. Williamson; Georgia's reaction to BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION; Atlanta's NAACP efforts in response to BROWN; William B. Hartsfield; desegregation of the Atlanta police force; Atlanta's new charter; redistricting voter precincts in Atlanta; the League of Women Voters; Atlanta city council; Ivan Allen; Maynard Jackson; the Fulton County Commission; mayoral power; opposition to new charter; Appropriations Committee; the evolution of the Speaker of the House; John Greer; health programs; election irregularities; memories of elections; and the 1984 election and how it was affected by reapportionment.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (53 p.)

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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