James A. Mackay oral history interview, 1986 Mar. 18.

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James A. Mackay oral history interview, 1986 Mar. 18.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with James A. Mackay on March 18, 1986 in which he discusses his family background; City of Zion religious community; family's political activity; Ku Klux Klan; family life; values; educational background; attraction to politics; feelings about war and freedom; segregation in Georgia; Ralph Bunche; Tom Teepen; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Max Cleland; dirty tricks; Dorothy Tilly; Jimmy Carmichael; the Talmadges; Walter O. Brooks and Ed Friend; changing DeKalb County; Coast Guard service in WWII; Tom Murphy and terms in the state legislature; Cocking affair; Herman Talmadge; running for president of the United States; Rosenwald Foundation grant to study Georgia politics; 1946 black registration in Atlanta; William Holmes Borders; support for Gary Hart; money in American politics; and heroes and villains.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (59 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404372

Georgia State University

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