Clarence Albert Bacote oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 11.

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Clarence Albert Bacote oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 11.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Clarence Albert Bacote on November 11, 1978 in which he discusses his personal background; Ruby Day Smith; impressions of sit-ins; Appeal For Human Rights; marching in Atlanta; arrested and making bail; business community; vertical desegregation; lunch counter sit-ins; Jermaine Norma Wilson; city jails; arrest of M.L. King, Jr.; national politics; voting of Atlanta blacks; 1961 sit-ins and segregation; bread and butter issues; Lonnie King; rural circumstances; role of preachers; views on segregation; and breaking barriers at Atlanta airport.

1 audiotape ; cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406264

Georgia State University

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