W.L. Callaway oral history interview, 1992 Oct. 21.

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W.L. Callaway oral history interview, 1992 Oct. 21.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727041

The collection consists of an oral history interview with W.L. "Bill" Callaway on October 21, 1992 in which he discusses his family background; Atlanta's demographics; West End; Edmond Asa Ware Elementary School; the roles of Morehouse and Spelman colleges in black education before the opening of Booker T. Washington High School; C.L. Harper as a role model; the Atlanta police; desegregation of the police force; Butler street YMCA; Callaway's start in business; real estate; "Sweet Auburn"; Citizens Trust Company Bank; downtown banks; Atlanta Life Insurance and Standard Life Insurance; William Lee Perry; Benjamin Davis; the Masonic Lodge; patronage; John Wesley Dobbs; how "Sweet Auburn" received it's name; the Butler Street YMCA; Hungry Club; politicians courting the black vote; Herman Talmadge speaking to the Hungry Club; Roy Harris; Central Atlanta Progress; Atlanta Regional Commission; Mills B. Lane; forming the Action Forum; contributors to the Action Forum; Atlanta rising to meet its challenges; the Georgia Dome; Atlanta's power structure; and the chances of reviving Auburn Avenue.

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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002

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Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Davis, Benjamin Franklin, 1839-1907.

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Spelman College

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Callaway, W. L.

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W.L. "Bill" Callaway, African American businessman in Atlanta (Ga.) and one of the founders of the Central Atlanta Improvement Association. From the description of W.L. Callaway oral history interview, 1992 Oct. 21. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727041 ...

Harper, C. L.

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Perry, William Lee.

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Standard Life Insurance.

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Hungry Club.

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