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| Title | Griffin Bell oral history interview, 1990 June 12 |
| Identifier | BellG_19900612_P1990-04 |
| Date of the interview | 1990-06-12 |
| Decade | 1990s |
| Interviewee |
Bell, Griffin B., 1918-2009 |
| Interviewer |
Kuhn, Cliff Bost, William L. |
| Abstract | Among topics discussed: Family background; education; early legal career; King and Spalding; changes in legal profession; the Georgia Bar Association; Ernest Vandiver; Robert Jordan; Vandiver's 1954 lieutenant governor campaign; King and Spalding support for Fred Hand in 1954 governor's race; protecting clients' interests; potential governors in the late 1950s; "No, not one" decision; Cooper v. Aaron; Bell becomes Governor Vandiver's chief of staff; Holcombe Perry; school desegregation; Bell's role in creating the Sibley Commission; George Busbee; HOPE; changes in black leadership; meetings during the University desegregation crisis; 1960 Democratic National Convention; Bobby Troutman; Bell's role as Georgia Kennedy campaign co‑chair; presidential campaign tactics in Georgia; Kennedy supporters in Georgia; Martin Luther King, Jr.'s arrest; Bobby Kennedy involvement in King case; Kennedy campaign organization; county unit system decision while Bell on bench; redistricting cases; importance of school desegregation issue to the public; Bell's view of solution to desegregation issue. |
| Biographical note | Griffin Bell (1918-2009) served as Chief of Staff under Governor Ernest Vandiver, was a judge on the U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1961 to 1976, and was United States Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. After leaving Carter's cabinet, Bell served on numerous commissions as well as practicing law. |
| Language |
English |
| Subject |
Race relations School integration Campaign management Apportionment (Election law) |
| Subject (names) |
Georgia. General Assembly. Committee on Schools Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005 Busbee, George, 1927-2004 King & Spalding Georgia Bar Association King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 United States. Attorney-General |
| Extent | 1 hour, 35 minutes, 5 seconds of audio spread over 4 sides of 2 tapes, and a 64 page transcript. |
| Collection | Georgia Government Documentation Project |
| Curatorial area | Georgia Government Documentation Project |
| Digital Publisher | Georgia State University Library |
| Finding aid | http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ggdp/id/6109 |
| Rights information | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). |
| Citation | Bell, Griffin, Interviewed by Clifford Kuhn & William L. Bost, 12 June 1990, P1990-09, Series B. Public Figures, Georgia Government Documentation Project, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, Atlanta. |
| Source format | oral histories (document genres) |
| Format |
application/pdf audio/mpeg |
| Type |
Text Sound |
Description
| Title | Interview transcript, 84 pages |
| Identifier | Bell, G_19900612_(P1990-04) |
| Collection | Georgia Government Documentation Project |
| Digital Publisher | Georgia State University Library |
| Finding aid | http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ggdp/id/6109 |
| Rights information | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). |
| Source format | oral histories (document genres) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
