Nan Pendergrast oral history interview, 1992 June 24.

Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...

Tilly, Dorothy Rodgers, 1883-1970.

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Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003

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McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969

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Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading voince for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation, chastising a generation of demagogues, timid journalists, and ministers who feared change. When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools in 1954 and southern demagogues led defiance of the court, segregationists vilified McGill ...

Pendergrast, Britt.

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Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992

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Grace Towns Hamilton (1907- ), director of the Atlanta Urban League, active in the 1946 voter registration drive, and Georgia House of Representatives (1966-1985). From the description of Grace Towns Hamilton oral history interview, 1986 June 26. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476304 Grace Towns Hamilton (1907- ), director of the Atlanta Urban League and the Georgia House of Representatives (1966-1985). From the description of Grace Towns Hamil...

Smith, Muggsy, 1901-

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Lokey, Hamilton, 1910-1996

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Hamilton Lokey (1910- ), Georgia House of Representatives (1953-1957). Muriel Lokey founding member of Help Our Public Education (HOPE). From the description of Hamilton and Muriel Lokey oral history interview, 1989 Jan. 26. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477679 Hamilton Lokey (1910- ), lawyer and author, born in Atlanta, Georgia. Admitted to Georgia Bar (1933) and established the law firm of Lokey and Bowden (1939- ) with Henry Bowden. Enlisted in the U.S...

Pendergrast, Nan.

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Abram, Morris B.

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Morris B. Abram (1918- ) lawyer, human rights advocate, and diplomat, born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Abram has served in various capacities for government and political organizations such as Peace Corps (1961), White House Conference on Civil Rights (1965), United Nations Commission on Civil Rights (1965-1968), United States Committe on Civil Rights (1984-1986), New York (State) Moreland Commission on Nursing Homes and Residential Facilities (1975-1976), President's Commission for the Study of Eth...

Wilkins, Josephine Mathewson, 1893-1977

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Josephine Mathewson Wilkins (September 30, 1893-May 30, 1977), leader in civil and social reform work and philanthropist, of Athens and Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of Josephine Mathewson Wilkins papers, 1920-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80288791 Social reformer, of Athens and Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1920-1977 (bulk 1930-1964). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419671 ...

Frank, Leo, 1884-1915

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Leo Frank, a Jewish Atlanta businessman and Superintendent and Vice President of the National Pencil Factory, Atlanta, Georgia, was born 17 April 1884, in Paris, Texas, and died 17 August 1915, in Marietta, Georgia. Frank was sentenced to death by hanging (1913) for the murder of Mary Phagan, an employee he supervised at the National Pencil Factory. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment (July 1915) because of doubt by some trial officials as to his guilt. Frank was abducted by a mob (Au...

Atlanta Urban League

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The Atlanta Urban League, an affiliate of the National Urban League, was established in 1920. It is a private, non-profit, interracial community service organization which functions as a vehicle for addressing the social and economic problems of the black community in Atlanta, Georgia. Grace Towns Hamilton (1907- ) served as Executive Director of the Atlanta Urban League from 1943-1960. From the description of Executive Director Grace Towns Hamilton administrative files, 1942-1961, 1...

Sibley, John A. (John Adams), 1888-1986

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John Adams Sibley (1888-1986), attorney, born in Milledgeville, Georgia. From the description of John A. Sibley speech, 1932, Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477402 John Adams Sibley (1888-1986), attorney, was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, the son of James Longstreet and Mattie Ernie Sibley. He joined the Atlanta firm of King & Spalding in 1918. In 1934, he became general counsel for the Coca-Cola Company and waged trademark violations suits against individu...

American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Rich, Richard H., 1901-1975

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Richard H. Rich (December 24, 1901-May 1, 1975), merchant and business executive, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Herman and Rosalind Rich Rosenheim. His father was a shoe manufacturer in Savannah, his mother the daughter of Morris Rich, founder of Rich's department stores in Atlanta. Richard Rich legally changed his name from Rosenheim to Rich in 1920 at the urging of his grandfather. On December 29, 1930, he married Virginia Lazarus of New Orleans, Louisiana. They had three children, ...

Bullard, Helen, 1908-1979

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Civic leader, of Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1920-1979. (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28418493 Helen Bullard was head of Helen Bulard Associates, a public relations firm. She was active in the Atlanta Housing Authority and well known for her handling of political campaigns. From the description of Papers, 1968-1977. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 31404693 Helen Elizabeth Bullard (June 16, 1908-July 20, 1979), pol...

White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955

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Executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1935. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243854199 Walter Francis White (1893-1955), was an African American civil rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1931-1955. Walter White married Leah Gladys Powell (1893-1979) in 1922, and they ...

Tuttle, Elbert P. (Elbert Parr), 1897-1996

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Judge Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996) was a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit from 1954, and served as Chief Judge of that court from 1960 until his 70th birthday in 1967. While he "retired" to Senior Judge status a year later, in 1968, he remained actively involved in Court work until very near his death and sat on cases until 1990. From the description of Elbert P. Tuttle papers, 1917-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517636 Elbert Parr ...

Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003

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Lester G. Maddox was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on 30 September 1915, to Dean and Flonnie Maddox. He was educated in the Fulton County public school system but dropped out of high school in order to persue a career (either "to start working" or "to persue a career in something"). In 1936, he married Virginia Cox and the couple eventually had four children. In 1944, Maddox opened a short order grill in Atlanta that he sold a year later at a profit. Maddox continued to hold jobs in the grocery busi...