Leroy R. Johnson oral history interview, 1991.

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Leroy R. Johnson oral history interview, 1991.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727058

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Leroy R. Johnson in 1991 in which he discusses his early life; Washington High School; C.L. Harper; teacher's pay; Butler Street YMCA; black churches; Ebenezer Baptist Church; Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr.; Dr. William Holmes Borders; segregation; Dr. Benjamin Mays; the Fox Theater; life at Morehouse College; early political involvement; Atlanta Negro Voters League; voting classes; "All Citizens Voting Drive"; desegregation of the Atlanta police force; early career in education; Tuskegee, Alabama; A.T. Walden; career in the solicitor generals office; Fulton County courthouse; campaign for state Senate; county unit system; reapportionment; Johnson's first term in the Senate; reaction of other senators; desegregation of the state cafeteria; and state capitol water fountains.

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Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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Harper, C. L.

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