Helen Bullard oral history interview, 1977 July 25.

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Helen Bullard oral history interview, 1977 July 25.

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The collection consists of an oral history interview with Helen Bullard on July 25, 1977 in which she discusses her relationship with Helen Douglas Mankin; Mankin's campaign photo; Hamilton Douglas; Grady Hospital; cigarettes; Mankin's persona; Eleanor Roosevelt; 1946 election; 1948 election; Mankin's voting record; Robert Ramspeck; the race issue; Butler Street YMCA; black voter registration; "the Belle of Ashby Street"; the Atlanta press; Dorothy Rainey; Rebecca Gershon; Mankin's support of Israel; Josephine Wilkins; Congresswoman Iris Blitch; Grace Towns Hamilton; Ed White; 1946 campaign; Morris Abram; South v. Peters; race issue; Judge Davis; women's political prospects; creation of Israel; Everett Millican; baseball; Helen Mankin's personality; Guy Mankin; anti-Catholicism; Mankin's competitive nature; Mankin's reaction to 1948 election loss; Hamilton Douglas Jr.; William Hartsfield; the 1948 election; physical handicaps; George Stoney; John A. Griffin; and Thomas Camp.

1 audiotape ; cassette.Transcript (54 p.)

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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