Benjamin Brown oral history interview, October 31, 1996

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: BrownB_19961031_P1996-01

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Benjamin Brown oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Among topics discussed: Paschal’s; John Cox; Jesse Hill; Q. V. Williamson; All Citizen’s Registration Committee; Negro Voter’s League; Leroy Johnson; mayoral race: Ivan Allen and Mugsy Smith; Young Democrats of Georgia; Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, 1964; Barbara Johnson; old guard and newcomers in Democratic Party in Georgia; Zell Miller; Peter Zack Geer; Carl Sanders; George T. Smith; Sloppy Floyd; Julian Bond controversy 1966; black freshmen legislators in 1966: Grace Hamilton, J. C. Dougherty, William H. Alexander, J. D. Greer, John Hood; Bill Alexander; Atlanta Urban League; Georgia Housing Finance Authority; automobile inspections; Charter Revision Committee; proposed consolidation of city of Atlanta and Fulton County; Culver Kidd; Eugene Talmadge; George L. Smith; George T. Smith; Bobby Rowan; Denmark Groover; George Busbee; Joe Frank Harris; Coca-Cola; Lester Maddox; Voting Rights Act, 1965; Brown’s efforts in black participation in the political process; Curtis Atkinson; Robert Parks; Maynard Jackson’s campaign, 1968; Chicago Democratic Convention 1968 and the Georgia Challenge; Georgia Democratic Party Forum; Julian Bond and McCarthy; Travis Stewart; Ellis Arnall.

Dates

Creation: October 31, 1996

Creator

Brown, Benjamin, 1939-1999 (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Ben Brown (1939-1999) was born in Montezuma, Georgia, was active in civil rights activities in Atlanta in the 1960s, and served in the Georgia House of Representatives 1966, 1969-1977. He resigned in 1977 to take a position in the Carter administration.