Flanagan, Robert B., 1929-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1929-
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Flanagan oral history interview, November 10, 1988
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series Series E: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: FlanaganR_19881110_P1988-18
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Josephine Bradley. Among topics discussed: Career background; voter registration before and after the Civil Rights Act; the power of a local grand jury; at‑large voting; promoting voter registration; Voter Education Project; the black ministry; black leadership in Georgia; John Lewis; Vernon Jordan; Herman Talmadge; Curtis Atkins; Talmadge's position switch on race issue; Rufus Clement; voter education to combat poll list purges; apathy during Bush‑Dukakis presidential race;...
Dates:
November 10, 1988
Robert Flanagan oral history interview, January 9, 1989
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series Series E: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: FlanaganR_19890109_P1988-18
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn and Duane Stewart. Among topics discussed: Early interest in civil rights; Bailey Theaters; Thomas J. Flanagan; the Mankin election; Atlanta Daily World; John Wesley Dobbs; Benjamin Mays; Abraham Lincoln Republicans; WWII veterans challenging segregation; black leadership in Atlanta; Ira Reid; civil rights activity during WWII; Georgia's NAACP; NAACP and the EEOC's efforts to gain blacks employment in Georgia industry; NAACP expansion; SCLC in Georgia; efforts to...
Dates:
January 9, 1989