Osgood Williams oral history interview, May 12, 1988

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: WilliamsO_19880512_P1988-15

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Osgood Williams oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: A.T. Walden; Primus King case; black disfranchisement; Plan of Improvement; James V. Carmichael; Gene Talmadge; Tom Watson; Franklin D. Roosevelt; political parties; voter registration in rural areas for 1946; enfranchisement of blacks; NAACP; Atlanta Negro Voters League; Bill Hartsfield; Buckhead; East Point; Ku Klux Klan; MARTA; Daniel Duke and the flogging trials; John Boykin; County Unit System; W.O. "B" Brooks; Senator Walter George; Henry Wallace; Mankin/Davis congressional race (1946); 1954 Morris Abram‑James Davis congressional race; Charles Weltner; Scott Candler; Wyman Lowe; Colombians; Helen Mankin; Hank Henderson; County Unit System controversy; Margaret MacDougall; "Active Voters" plaques; Sam Sibley; Elbert Tuttle; opposition to Wage Stabilization Board; Huey Long; New Deal in Georgia; Ellis Arnall.

Dates

Creation: May 12, 1988

Creator

Williams, Osgood, 1913- (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Osgood Williams served in the Georgia Senate from 1951-1952, was a judge in the Civil Court of Fulton County from 1963-1968, and was a judge on the Atlanta circuit from 1968-1988.