Al Horn oral history interview, 1978 Aug 1.

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Al Horn oral history interview, 1978 Aug 1.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727985

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Al Horn on August 1, 1978 in which he discusses the background of human relations council; McCown's relationship with human relations council; post-McCown factionalism in Hancock County; hostility toward McCown; burning of Hancock County Historical Society; poisoning of Hancock County catfish farm; Sparta County "arms race"; McCown's personal characteristics; relationship with white community; formation of local Republican Party; charges against East Central Committee for Opportunity (ECCO); perceived Atlanta newspaper bias; legal problems; and proceedings of government's case against McCown.

1 audiotape ; cassette.

Georgia State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7406563

Georgia State University

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Hancock County Historical Society (Ga.)

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Georgia Council on Human Relations

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East Central Committee for Opportunity (Ga.)

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Republican Party (Hancock County, Ga.)

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Rozier, John

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John W. Rozier, author, was born in 1918 in Sparta, Georgia; graduated from Emory University (B.A., 1940; M.A., 1947); and served for many years as director of Emory's Office of News and Information. Rozier died on January 8, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of John Rozier papers, 1967-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863069 ...

Horn, Alex

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Al Horn, Atlanta attorney and civil rights activist who represented John McCown. From the description of Al Horn oral history interview, 1978 Aug 1. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727985 ...

McCown, John

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