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South Georgia Civil Rights Oral History Collection
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Wall, James |
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2017 |
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Oral histories with members of the Albany Movement's civil rights campaign in southwest Georgia document that time period
as well as the local politics and initiatives in its aftermath.
"In November 1961, residents of Albany, Georgia, launched an ambitious campaign to eliminate segregation in all facets of
local life. The movement captured national attention one month later when local leaders invited Martin Luther King, Jr. to
join the protest. Despite King's involvement, the movement failed to secure concessions from local officials and was consequently
deemed unsuccessful by many observers. Subsequent appraisals, however, have identified the movement as a formative learning
experience for King and other civil rights organizers, and credited it with hastening the ultimate desegregation of Albany's
facilities, which occurred only one year following the movement's conclusion in August 1962." -- Civil Rights Digital Library
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RBRL424SGCR |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Moore's Ford Memorial Committee Records
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Moore's Ford Memorial Committee |
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1968-2011 |
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The Moore's Ford Memorial Committee was founded in 1997 to commemorate and reconcile the 1946 Moore's Ford lynching, in which
two African American couples were murdered by a white mob at the Moore's Ford bridge in Walton County, GA. The collection
contains the committee's administrative and financial records, event planning files, files on the FBI and GBI investigations
into the lynching and other incidents of racial violence, and documentation of the committee's support for restorative justice
and reconciliation.
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Identifier: |
RBRL437 |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup A: Pre-Gubernatorial
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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1945-1954 |
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The Pre-Gubernatorial subgroup consists of the subject files for The Statesman and includes correspondence, newspaper clippings,
printed material and photographs. Materials relate to letters to the editor, elections in Georgia and his father, Eugene Talmadge,
religion, taxes, communism, and African Americans.
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RBRL102HET_A |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Athens Oral History Project
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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2014- |
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century
to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African
American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.
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RBRL361AOHP |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup B: Georgia Gubernatorial Papers
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Creator: |
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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1945-1954 |
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The Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup B: Georgia Gubernatorial Papers reflects Talmadge's duties as the governor of
Georgia and include personal correspondence, subject files and guest registers.
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Identifier: |
RBRL102HET_B |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Foot Soldier for Equal Justice: Horace T. Ward and the Desegregation of the University of Georgia Collection
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Creator: |
Daniels, Maurice |
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Dates: |
1940s-2001 |
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Horace T. Ward: Desegregation of the University of Georgia, Civil Rights Advocacy, and Jurisprudence documents Horace Ward,
the first African American to sue for admission to an all-white college or university in Georgia. The papers are mainly photocopies
of transcripts from court cases, clippings, and correspondence from former University of Georgia law professor James J. Lenoir
and Red and Black student editor Walter Lundy, both of whom resigned positions at the university due to the school's resistance
to desegregation. Specific court cases documented include Ward v. Regents of the University System of Georgia and Holmes v.
Danner.
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Identifier: |
RBRL072FSEJ |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault Papers
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Hunter-Gault, Charlayne, 1942- |
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Dates: |
1959-2018 |
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a journalist and former correspondent for National Public Radio and CNN. In 1961 she and Hamilton
Holmes became the first African Americans to attend the University of Georgia. Hunter-Gault has spent much of her career as
a foreign correspondent, where she covered the fall and aftermath of apartheid in South Africa, as well as other political
developments in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. She has been awarded a Peabody award for Excellence in Broadcast
Journalism and was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists in 1986, among numerous other
honors. This collection documents her experience as one the first two African American students at the University of Georgia
and her career in journalism.
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Identifier: |
RBRL043CHG |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Robert Brown Papers
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Brown, Robert Lofton, 1950-2011 |
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Dates: |
1960-2012 |
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Robert Lofton Brown served in the Georgia State Senate (26th District) from 1991 to 2011 and was a member of the Bibb County
Schools Board of Education between 1984 and 1991. Brown was also actively involved in education policy reform in the 1970s
and 1980s through his work with the American Friends Service Committee and the Southeastern Public Education Program. Brown's
papers document his political career, his civic and social activities, and his advocacy for education reform and civil rights
in Macon and beyond.
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Identifier: |
RBRL314RB |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection: Collection Summary
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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1940-1987 |
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Herman E. Talmadge was Governor of Georgia from 1948 to 1955 and a U.S. Senator from 1957 to 1980. His papers primarily document
his service in the U.S. Senate and include constituent correspondence, press files, legislative files, campaign files, and
files related to Watergate. Also included are files related to his father's newspaper, The Statesman, and to his service as
governor.
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Identifier: |
RBRL102HET |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Title: |
Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series III: Civil Rights
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1957-1987 |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series III: Civil Rights files document aspects of the federal government's expansion
over state authority in this area, and Talmadge's efforts against such infringement. Included is constituent correspondence,
mainly for the year 1968, dealing with the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, social unrest, freedom
marches, and the Poor People's Campaign. Legislative files contain correspondence, printed materials, and legal opinions pertaining
to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, 1964, and 1966, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and busing.
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Identifier: |
RBRL102HET_C_III |
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series V: Administration
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1957-1980 |
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From 1957 until 1971, the Administration and Press offices shared the same secretary and files. After 1971, the two offices
were separated, as were their filing systems. Therefore some of the subseries are identical to those in the Press Office files
series. This series consists of those activities that are not directly associated with "legislating" or providing constituent
services but are nevertheless part of the routine of every officeholder. Also included are visitor cards, guest books, the
Senator's appointment books, telephone records, and White House tour requests. Topics include the desegregation of the University
of Mississippi in 1962; the civil action suit between Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor of Atlanta, and Rev. Robert Hunter, leader of
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1967; Vietnam; reaction to the Gulf of Tonkin and Mansfield Resolutions in
1967; the Pueblo incident; and the Whitten Amendment of 1969 which proposed the freedom of choice as an acceptable desegregation
plan.
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Identifier: |
RBRL102HET_C_V |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series XI: Flexys
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1965-1980 |
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Talmadge's office staff had to coordinate the organization of constituent correspondence records. The tracking system began
with attaching the actual letter (incoming and outgoing), along with copies of approved response paragraphs. These materials
were then organized under a subject access point. Topics of interest include tax reform, Vietnam, school desegregation, busing,
gun control, social services, and the Panama Canal Treaty.
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Identifier: |
RBRL102HET_C_XI |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series II: Press Office
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1957-1987 |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series II: Press Office files include constituent correspondence, grant information,
speeches, working files, legislative files, radio and television scripts, news releases, newsletters mailed to Georgia constituents,
columns written by Talmadge, and clippings. The majority of the materials date from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. Topics
include the Vietnam Conflict, the Watergate investigation, ratification of the Panama Canal Treaty, civil rights, rural development,
Lockheed C-5A, development of Lake Lanier Islands, forced school busing, the textile trade, the poultry industry, and works
incentive program.
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Identifier: |
RBRL102HET_C_II |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series VIII: Legislation
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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 |
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Dates: |
1957-1980 |
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Herman E. Talmadge Collection, Subgroup C, Series VIII: Legislation subject matter pertain to legislation being considered
by Congress. The researcher will find overlap between the Legislative and Press Office series in related subject matter. For
more detailed information on the Watergate affair, the researcher should review Series II (Press Office) and Series IV (Watergate).
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Identifier: |
RBRL102HET_C_VIII |
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Repository: |
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies |
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