Newspaper clippings -- Cobb Citizens Coalition/Olympics Out of Cobb, January-March 1994

The Carol Brown papers , 1993-2012, contain documents, video recordings, and newspaper clippings regarding the Cobb Citizens Coalition, the Olympics Out of Cobb campaign, and its aftermath. It also encompasses Carol Brown’s news reporter badge for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The documents include hate mail, national and Cobb County political news, and various artifacts pertaining to the LGBT+ community. The Carol Brown papers also contains the Cobb Citizens Coalition and Neighbors Network’s report, “The Shadow of Hatred,” which goes in depth about the history of hate groups and the Ku Klux Klan in Cobb County from 1915, the lynching of Leo Frank, to the early 1990s. The coalition’s 1994 newsletters are also available to demonstrate how they outreached to their members and supporters.