Griffin B. Bell oral history interviews, 1990 June 12 and Sept. 19.

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Griffin B. Bell oral history interviews, 1990 June 12 and Sept. 19.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477621

The collection consists of two oral history interviews with Griffin Bell. In the June 12, 1990 interview he discusses his family background; education; early legal career; King and Spalding; changes in legal profession; the Georgia Bar Association; Ernest Vandiver; Robert Jordan; Vandiver's 1954 Lt. Governor campaign; King and Spalding support for Fred Hand in 1954 governor's race; protecting clients' interests; potential governors in the late 1950's; "No, not one" decision; Cooper v. Aaron; Bell becomes Governor Vandiver's chief of staff; Holcombe Perry; school desegregation; Bell's role in creating the Sibley Commission; George Busbee; HOPE; changes in black leadership; meetings during the University desegregation crisis; 1960 Democratic National Convention; Robert Troutman; Bell's role as Georgia Kennedy campaign co-chair; presidential campaign tactics in Georgia; Kennedy supporters in Georgia; Martin Luther King Jr's arrest; Bobby Kennedy involvement in King case; Kennedy campaign organization; county unit system decision while Bell on bench; redistricting cases; importance of school desegregation issue to the public; and Bell's view of solution to the desegregation issue.

3 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (142 p.)

Georgia State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404318

Georgia State University

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Jordan, Robert H.

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Busbee, George, 1927-2004

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George Busbee (1927- ), Georgia State Representative (1957-1975) and Georgia Governor (1975-1983). From the description of George Busbee oral history interviews, 1987 Mar. 24 and 31. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477572 ...

Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009

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Griffin B. Bell (1918- ), Judge for the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (1961-1976) and U.S. District Attorney General (1977-1979). From the description of Griffin B. Bell oral history interviews, 1990 June 12 and Sept. 19. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477621 Griffin Boyette Bell was born in Americus, Georgia, on 31 October 1918. He served in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Major, from 1941 to 1946 and graduated cum laude from Mercer Un...