Dorothy Rainey oral history interview, 1977 Nov. 8.

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Dorothy Rainey oral history interview, 1977 Nov. 8.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Dorothy Rainey on November 8, 1977 in which she discusses the county unit system; election machine mechanical failure; James Mackay; DeKalb County demographics; Dorothy Rainey's speech in support of Helen Douglas Mankin; Dorothy Rainey's speeches; Devereaux McClatchey; Karl Plunkitt; 1944 Duckworth correspondence; KKK threats; E.D. Rivers; Helen Bullard; Wiley Moore; Macon convention; Henry Wallace; differences between Ellis Arnall and Talmadge; Mayor William Hartsfield; county unit system; Eugene Talmadge and the county unit system; Hal Davison Club; Ralph McGill's support of Herman Talmadge; Tarlton Collier; Mankin's outspokenness and how she voted; interracial meetings; and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403237

Georgia State University

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