Jacob R. Henderson oral history interview 1992 July 24.

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Jacob R. Henderson oral history interview 1992 July 24.

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The collection consists of an oral history interview with Jacob Henderson on July 24, 1992 in which he discusses education in Atlanta; University Homes; John Egan Homes; managing public housing; the value of public housing to its tenants; downfall of public housing; involvement with Alpha Phi Alpha; John Wesley Dobbs; A.T. Walden; partisan politics; origins of Negro Voters League; W.H. "Chief" Aiken; Civilian Defense; voter registration in John Egan Homes; Helen Douglas Mankin election in 1946; impact of Mankin election on black voting; importance of Voters League; Atlanta Daily World's affect on elections; Robert Thompson; 1946 voter registration drive; mapping system; Urban League; black church involvement in voter registration; Grace Towns Hamilton; Hughes Spalding Hospital; FEPC and the Bell Bomber plant; Captain Collins; employment at the Bell Bomber plant; training workers for defense jobs; dismissal from housing project; mass meetings and political endorsement; Negro Voters League "yardstick"; Henderson Travel Agency; fashion design; importance of black travel agencies; travels to Africa; established black leadership and their relation to the student movements in the 1960s; and importance of understanding history.

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Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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