Williams, Sam A.

Abstract

The Sam Williams Collection for Research Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress, and Atlanta Action Forum, 1969-2004, consists of published reports from various civic action groups regarding the state of Metropolitan Atlanta and Fulton County, Georgia. There is also a small amount of news clippings. Sam Williams was a professor at Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Public Policy.

Scope and Content of the Series From the Series: This series contains interviewee folders from the Making of Modern Atlanta project. These files can include transcripts, questions, biographical sketches, and correspondence.The born-digital aspect of this collection contains oral histories and interviews from Making of Modern Atlanta project, in both audio and audio/video, as well as other footage collected and created for the documentary project.Video...

Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Andrea Young. In this interview, Williams discusses the urban development of Atlanta, his career as a city administrator, and his work under Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. He outlines the growth of the business sector in Atlanta, and the ways in which the 1996 Olympic Games, the Civil Rights Movement, and the construction of Hartsfield-Jackson Airport galvanized the community.