Georgia Democratic Party Forum collection, 1966-1970.

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Georgia Democratic Party Forum collection, 1966-1970.

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The collection consists of newsclippings, memoranda, correspondence, and printed material collected by John B. Morris relating to the Georgia Democratic Party Forum and its predecessor, the Write-In Georgia movement. Topics covered by the collection include the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial race involving former Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall, Lester Maddox, and Howard H. Callaway and the seating of the Lester Maddox delegates at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Also included are materials on the Eugene McCarthy movement among Georgia Democrats.

2 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Georgia Democratic Party Forum

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The Georgia Democratic Party Forum, a splinter group of the state Democratic Party, originated in 1966 and supported Governor Ellis G. Arnall in his unsuccessful bid for governor. The Forum gained national attention in 1968 when it sent a slate of delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Chicago, and ultimately succeeded in casting half of Georgia's votes. The Write-In Georgia campaign was initiated by a group of citizens who felt former Governor Ellis Arnall could best support their i...

Write-In Georgia (Organization)

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Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003

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Lester G. Maddox was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on 30 September 1915, to Dean and Flonnie Maddox. He was educated in the Fulton County public school system but dropped out of high school in order to persue a career (either "to start working" or "to persue a career in something"). In 1936, he married Virginia Cox and the couple eventually had four children. In 1944, Maddox opened a short order grill in Atlanta that he sold a year later at a profit. Maddox continued to hold jobs in the grocery busi...

Morris, John Burnett, 1930-

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Executive Director for the Episcopal Society for Cultural and Racial Unity; a co-editor, financial underwriter, promoter, and distributor of South Carolinians Speak, a collection of essays by respected civic leaders and active church people whom Rev. Morris recruited to write essays about desegregation and race relations. Rev. John B. Morris was born in Brunswick, Ga.; in 1951, he graduated from Columbia University; from 1951 to 1954, he attended the Virginia Theological...

McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005

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Educator, U.S. representative from Minnesota, U.S. senator from Minnesota, and author. From the description of Papers of Eugene J. McCarthy, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064286 Eugene J. McCarthy served as a U.S. Congress member (Democratic Farmer-Labor) from Minnesota's fourth district (1949-1958) and as U.S. senator from Minnesota (1959-1970). He sought the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1968 against Lyndon B....

Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)

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Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992

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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907- ), Georgia Governor (1943-1947). From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1971 July 24 and September 16. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38726976 From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1976 July 6. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476301 From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1977 July 27. (Georgia State University). WorldCat r...