Ralph McGill collection, 1957-1983.

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Ralph McGill collection, 1957-1983.

The collection consists of material relating to Cal M. Logue's research on Ralph McGill from 1958-1983, including manuscripts, sound recordings, speeches, questionnaires, and correspondence. The bulk of the material pertains to Logue's dissertation, "A Rhetorical Analysis of the Speech Theory and Practice of Ralph McGill," which he wrote at Louisiana State University in 1967. Also included are drafts of his book, RALPH MCGILL: EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, based largely on his dissertation research.

5 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)

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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 ...

University of Georgia. International Student Life Office

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The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. Located in Athens, Georgia, approximately 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, it was the first state-chartered university in the United States. In 2005 U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked UGA 19th in its list of the top 50 public universities for a sixth year in a row. UGA also ranks 58th overall (public and private) in the nation. Today, it is the largest university of the University Syste...

Logue, Cal M. (Cal McLeod), 1935-

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Beginning in 1979, Mr, Logue preserved speeches given by students in his speech communication class and developed them into a manuscript: Student Speeches in Georgia: Last Score of the Twentieth Century. The purpose of this manuscript, as Mr. Logue put it, was to create "a record of the students' attitudes, beliefs, interests and communicative inventions." From the description of Calvin M. Logue - Student Speeches in Georgia, 1979-1985. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 31...