McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969

Authoritative Name:
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969
Biography:
Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading voice for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation, chastising a generation of demagogues, timid journalists, and ministers who feared change. When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools in 1954 and southern demagogues led defiance of the court, segregationists vilified McGill as a traitor to his region for urging white southerners to accept the end of segregation. In 1959, at the age of sixty-one, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. ("Ralph McGill (1898-1969)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 11, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
Associated Subjects:
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969--Death and burial
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

18 items in 9 collections (expand all)

Interview with Constance Curry, August 8, 1997

Creator:
Curry, Constance, 1933-
Date of Original:
1997-08-08
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Bill Shipp oral history interview, 1987 April 22

Creator:
Shipp, Bill
Date of Original:
1987-04-22
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Bill Shipp oral history interview, 1987 May 7

Creator:
Shipp, Bill
Date of Original:
1987-05-07
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Daniel Duke oral history interview 1990 October 3

Creator:
Duke, Daniel
Date of Original:
1990-10-03
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Elbert Tuttle oral history interview, 1992 September 21

Creator:
Tuttle, Elbert P. (Elbert Parr), 1897-1996
Date of Original:
1992-09-21
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Herman Talmadge oral history interview, 1994 August 1

Creator:
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Date of Original:
1994-08-01
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Oral history interview with Carl Sanders, 1987 April 27

Creator:
Sanders, Carl Edward, 1925-
Date of Original:
1987-04-27
Collection:
Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
Contributing Institution:
University of West Georgia. Special Collections

Oral history interview with Governor Lester Maddox, 1986 April 17

Creator:
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Date of Original:
1986-04-17
Collection:
Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
Contributing Institution:
University of West Georgia. Special Collections

Oral history interview with Phil Landrum, 1988 July 25-26

Creator:
Landrum, Phil M.
Date of Original:
1988-07-25/1988-07-26
Collection:
Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
Contributing Institution:
University of West Georgia. Special Collections

McGill, Ralph - Atlanta Constitution

Creator:
Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966
McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969
Date of Original:
1941
Collection:
Lillian Smith Papers, 1915-1972
Contributing Institution:
University of Florida. Libraries

Millard Grimes, 07 January 2009.

Creator:
Short, Bob, 1932
Grimes, Millard B., 1930
Date of Original:
2009-01-07
Collection:
Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1961-06-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Nan Pendergrast interview

Creator:
Pendergrast, Nan, 1920-
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-01-10
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center