Grace Towns Hamilton oral history interview, June 26, 1986

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Identifier: HamiltonGT_19860626_P1986-04

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Grace Towns Hamilton oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Organizing voter registration; black Atlanta churches; census maps; Robert Thompson; Prudence Herndon; business and financial support of registration; Calhoun v. Latimer; the 1946 report on schools; Mary Barker; A. T. Walden; Democratic clubs; obstacles to voter registration in rural Georgia; Rufus Clement; Q.V. Williamson; Georgia's reaction to Brown v. Board of Education; Atlanta's NAACP efforts in response to Brown; William B. Hartsfield; desegregation of the Atlanta police force; Atlanta's new charter; redistricting voter precincts in Atlanta; the League of Women Voters; Atlanta city council; Ivan Allen; Maynard Jackson; the Fulton County Commission; mayoral power; opposition to new charter; Appropriations Committee; the evolution of the Speaker of the House; John Greer; health programs; election irregularities; memories of elections; the 1984 election and how it was affected by reapportionment.

Dates

Creation: June 26, 1986

Creator

Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992 (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) was the director of the Atlanta Urban League, was active in the 1946 voter registration drive, and served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1966 until 1985.