Osgood Williams oral history interview, 1988 June 2.

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Osgood Williams oral history interview, 1988 June 2.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Osgood Williams on June 2, 1988 in which he discusses Koinonia Farm; Robert Jordan; Cocking affair; Young Men's Group of the Democratic Party; E.D. River's role in the 1946 governor's campaign, Jimmy Carmichael, and Eugene Talmadge; M.E. Thompson; Tom Linder's school solution; Williams in the 1952 race; Private School Amendment; school desegregation; Constance Baker Motley; segregation of taxis; Decatur main streetcar line; HOPE; desegregation of University of Georgia; W.O. Brooks; John Sibley; John Greer; Williams on the Fulton County Civil (now State) Court; Lester Maddox case; Randall Evans; and Lester Maddox as governor.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (68 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404419

Georgia State University

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