Weltner, Charles Longstreet

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Weltner oral history interview, July 9, 1986

Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV

Identifier: WeltnerC_19860709_P1986-05

Scope and Contents

Among topics discussed: Family background; father's political history; the New Deal; the Cocking affair; county unit system; Hartsfield v. Sloan; "Strike One" campaign; King v. Chapman; Supreme Court; Cook v. Fortson; Baker v. Carr; Jim Davis; Morris Abram; Democratic Forum; Kennedy campaign; Ivan Allen, Sr.; Lester Maddox; working on Ivan Allen's mayoral campaign; first congressional election.

Dates: July 9, 1986

Found in: Special Collections / Georgia Government Documentation Project Oral Histories / Public Figures (P2000-06)

Charles Weltner oral history interview, July 17, 1986

Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV

Identifier: WeltnerC_19860717_P1986-05

Scope and Contents

Interviewed Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Washington 1963‑1964; Hayes Johnson; attitudes toward southern Congressmen; agricultural bills; anti‑cotton subsidy speech; Banking and Currency Committee; rapid transit; voting age amendment; HUAC; Ku Klux Klan; John F. Kennedy; 1964 Civil Rights bill; Ben Blackburn (Bob); Voting Rights Act of 1965; Jim Mackay; Weltner's withdrawal in 1966; Robert Woodruff.

Dates: July 17, 1986

Found in: Special Collections / Georgia Government Documentation Project Oral Histories / Public Figures (P2000-06)