Carl Sanders oral history interviews, August 5 and 12, 1986

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: SandersC_19860805_P1986-06

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Carl Sanders oral history interviews

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by James Cook. Among topics discussed: Youth in Augusta; Camp Dixie for Boys; military career; University of Georgia football; law school; law practice; Cracker Party; Independent Party; election to Georgia House of Representatives; law firm of Sanders, Thurmond and Hester; Talmadge and Griffin factionalism; school desegregation; nullification; 1962 governor's race; administrative emphasis on education; Bowdoin Commission; failure to adopt new state constitution; reapportionment; personal views on segregation; black appointees; Hosea Williams; Julian Bond; Lyndon Johnson's presidential campaign in Georgia; shift in power from governor to general assembly; Peter Zack Geer; relationship with media; 1970 governor's race; assessment of governorship; tension between Atlanta and rural Georgia.

Dates

Creation: August 5 and 12, 1986

Creator

Sanders, Carl, 1925-2014 (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Carl Sanders (1925-2014) served in the Georgia House of Representatives from Richmond County from 1955‑1963, and as governor of Georgia from 1963 to 1967.