Groover, Denmark
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1922 - 2001
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Denmark Groover oral history interview, September 12, 1989
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: GrooverD_19890912_1989-12
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by James Cook. Among topics discussed: Personal background; reasons for entering politics; term as floor leader for Governor Griffin; Marvin Griffin as governor; comparison between Griffin and Eugene Talmadge as governor; the Atlanta press and Griffin's administration; the county unit system; benefits of the county unit system; personal political philosophy; segregation; career as House member; disagreement with Governor Sanders over constitution of 1964; the rural bloc; MARTA;...
Dates:
September 12, 1989