W.L. Callaway oral history interview, October 21, 1992

Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Family background; Atlanta's demographics; West End; Edmond Asa Ware Elementary School; the roles of Morehouse and Spelman colleges in black education before the opening of Booker T. Washington High School; C. L. Harper; Harper as a role model; the Atlanta police; desegregation of the police force; Butler street YMCA; Calloway's start in business; real estate; "Sweet Auburn"; Citizens Trust Company Bank; downtown banks; Atlanta Life Insurance and Standard Life Insurance; William Lee Perry; Benjamin Davis; the Masonic Lodge; patronage; John Wesley Dobbs; how "Sweet Auburn" received its name; the Butler Street YMCA; Hungry Club; politicians courting the black vote; Herman Talmadge speaking to the Hungry Club; Roy Harris; Central Atlanta Progress; Atlanta Regional Commission; Mills B. Lane; forming the Action Forum; contributors to the Action Forum; Atlanta rising to meet its challenges; the Georgia Dome; Atlanta's power structure; the chances of reviving Auburn Avenue.