Atlanta (Ga.) political oral history collection, 1997-1998.

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Atlanta (Ga.) political oral history collection, 1997-1998.

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The collection consists of oral history interviews conducted in 1997-1998 of individuals discussing the history of Atlanta, Georgia. For each interview, there is an original audiocassette tape and a use copy and a project file. The project file consists of a typed transcript of the interview, a signed release form, any related correspondence or research material, and in most cases, a resume or similar biographical information. Interviewees include Angelo Fuster, David Gambrell, Leroy Johnson, Michael Lomax, Ruth Scott Simmons, and Herman and Tyler Talmadge.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8233306

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Fuster, Angelo.

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Talmadge, Tyler.

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Gambrell, David Henry, 1929-

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David Henry Gambrell was born in Fulton County, Georgia on December 20, 1929 to Alice and E. Smythe Gambrell, a prominent Atlanta attorney and former president of the American Bar Association. He attended public schools in Atlanta and graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina in 1949 and Harvard Law School in 1952. Gambrell returned to Atlanta and joined his father's law practice; two years later he switched to another firm. Gambrell began his political career as an "advance man: for Her...

Lomax, Michael.

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Nonprofit executive Michael Lomax was born on October 2, 1947, in Los Angeles, California to parents Hallie Alemena Davis and Lucius W. Lomax, Jr. He moved to Tuskegee, Alabama in 1961, where he attended Tuskegee Institute High School. He earned his B.A. degree in English from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1968, his M.A. degree in English literature from Columbia University in New York in 1972, and his Ph.D. degree in African American studies from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia...

Simmons, Ruth Scott.

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Johnson, Leroy.

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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002

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Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and U.S. Senator (1956-1980), born near McRae, Georgia. From the description of Herman E. Talmadge senatorial papers, 1945-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477028 Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and United States Senator (1956-1980) born near McRae, Georgia. T. Rogers Wade served as administrative assistant, fund raiser, and chairman of the 1980 U.S. senatorial campaign for Senator Talm...