Morris B. Abram oral history interview, 1978 Jan. 4.

Abram, Morris B.

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Morris B. Abram (1918- ) lawyer, human rights advocate, and diplomat, born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Abram has served in various capacities for government and political organizations such as Peace Corps (1961), White House Conference on Civil Rights (1965), United Nations Commission on Civil Rights (1965-1968), United States Committe on Civil Rights (1984-1986), New York (State) Moreland Commission on Nursing Homes and Residential Facilities (1975-1976), President's Commission for the Study of Eth...

Wilkins, Josephine Mathewson, 1893-1977

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Josephine Mathewson Wilkins (September 30, 1893-May 30, 1977), leader in civil and social reform work and philanthropist, of Athens and Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of Josephine Mathewson Wilkins papers, 1920-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80288791 Social reformer, of Athens and Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1920-1977 (bulk 1930-1964). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419671 ...

Millican, Everett, 1897-

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Everett Millican (b. 1897), Atlanta Alderman and Georgia Senate (1935-1954) for Fulton County, Georgia. From the description of Everett Millican oral history interview, 1977 July 30. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476385 ...

South, Benard.

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Peters, James Solomon, 1884-1974.

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James Solomon Peters, educator and politican, was born 21 March 1884, in the Lois District of Berrien County, Georgia, and died 6 December 1974, in Manchester, Georgia. He graduated from Emory College (1904) and taught in Hahira, Georgia, before moving to Manchester (Meriwether County), Georgia and going into banking (1909). He served on the Meriwether County Board of Education (1914-1939); was a member of of the Georgia House of Representatives (1933-1939); member of the Georgia Democratic Exec...

Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971

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Richard B. Russell (1897-1971), lawyer and politician, born in Winder, Georgia. Served as State Representative (1921-1931), Georgia Governor (1931-1933), and U.S. Senator (1933-1971). From the description of Richard B. Russell Jr. MacArthur hearing files, 1951-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477265 Bill Westmoreland was a Clerk in the Superior Court of Gilmer County, Georgia. From the description of Bill Westmoreland letter from Richard B. Russell, 1965. (...

Sloan, Boyd.

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Douglas, Hamilton, 1858-1922.

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Scarlett, Frank

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Weltner, Charles Longstreet

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Charles Weltner, U.S. House of Representatives (1963-1967), Fulton County Superior Court Judge (1963-1967), and Associate Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (1981-1991). From the description of Charles Longstreet Weltner oral history interviews, 1986 July 9 and 17. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477735 U.S. representative, lawyer, and judge, of Atlanta, Ga.; b. 1927. From the description of Papers, 1950-1991. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCa...

Mankin, Helen Douglas, 1896-1956

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Helen Douglas Mankin (September 11, 1896 – July 25, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician. She was the second woman to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives, serving from February 1946 to January 1947. Born Helen Douglas in Atlanta, she attended public and private schools there before attending Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, where she graduated with an A.B. in 1917. After serving as a civilian ambulasnce driver in a Red Cross unit attached to the Frenc...

Riles, Joe.

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Murphy, Buck.

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Hooper, Frank A., 1895-

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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...

Carroll, Hattie.

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Sibley, Samuel Hale, 1873-1958

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An internationally known scientist, Henry Clay White served as professor of chemistry at the University of Georgia from 1872 to 1927. White was especially interested in the application of chemistry to the improvement of crops, and he advanced agricultural science and education in Georgia. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 30, 1848, White son of Louisa Elvira Brown and Levi Stratton White, a merchant. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1870, he worked briefly ...

Lawrence, Alexander A., 1906-1979

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A PRESENT FOR MR. LINCOLN was published in 1961 by Ardivan Press. From the description of A PRESENT FOR MR. LINCOLN : research materials, 1959-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477948 This book was first published in 1951 by the University of Georgia Press. It was reprinted in 1968 by the University of Georgia Press and again in 1979 by Tara Press (Savannah, Ga.). From the description of STORM OVER SAVANNAH : research materials, 1951-1979. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Andrews, M. Neil.

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Southern Regional Council

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The Help Our Public Education (HOPE) project was established in 1958 by a group of community leaders and concerned citizens to disseminate information regarding school integration in Georgia. After the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision of 1954, HOPE anticipated that many of Georgia's public schools would close, because the state would refuse to comply. HOPE believed an informed public would take the necessary action through elected representatives to keep Georgia's public schools ope...

Woodruff, Robert Winship

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Robert Winship Woodruff (1889-1985), business leader and philanthropist, was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of Ernest and Emily (Winship) Woodruff. He married Nell Hodgson of Athens, Georgia. In 1912, he joined his father's business, Atlantic Ice and Coal Company, serving as the purchasing agent until he joined the White Motor Company. At White Motor, he ascended to vice-president and general manager and when White died in 1929, Woodruff became president of the company. In the meantime his f...

Davis, James C. (James Curran), 1895-1981

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James Curran Davis (1895- ), Georgia House of Representatives (1925-1927), Superior Court Judge (1943-1947), U.S. House of Representatives (1947-1963). From the description of James C. Davis oral history interview, 1977 Nov. 11. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476434 James Curran Erskine Davis, attorney, judge, and legislator, was born May 17, 1895, in Franklin, Georgia, and died December 28, 1981, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a state legislator from DeKalb ...