Beulah Clark Dollar oral history interview, October 14, 1989

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: DollarBC_19891014_P1989-16

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Beulah Clark Dollar oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Early background; voter registration; Ruby Hurley; NAACP voting drives; attempts to have blacks named to county school board; Ronnie Walker; U.S. Department of Justice and rezoning voting districts; changing board member replacement laws; pressure on Dollar as a school teacher‑activist; lack of control over the school board and local press; vote buying; election mismanagement; registration locations; ward elections and the city council; U.S. census; fighting against the one man county commission; black and white voting patterns; NAACP political forums; voting in Lumber City; white control over employment and its effect on voting patterns; improvements in black political status.

Dates

Creation: October 14, 1989

Creator

Dollar, Beulah Clark (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Beulah Clark Dollar was an NAACP leader from Telfair County. The interview was conducted at the annual state NAACP convention, Brunswick, Ga., October 13‑14, 1989.