Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004

Authoritative Name:
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Biography:
"As one of a handful of black lawyers practicing civil rights law in the 1950s and 1960s, Donald Hollowell was instrumental in the movement to desegregate public institutions throughout Georgia. During his long career Hollowell provided counsel to student activists during the Atlanta sit-ins, defended Martin Luther King Jr. and other demonstrators during the Albany Movement, and successfully litigated the landmark case integrating the University of Georgia (UGA). In 1966 he became the first African American regional director of a major federal agency when U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to oversee the southeastern regional office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission."--"Donald Hollowell (1917-2004)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 17, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
Associated Subjects:
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. (Franklin Delano), 1914-1988
Date of Original:
1967/1973
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Pollard, William Edward, 1915-2013
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Date of Original:
1973/1977
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, tenth anniversary, 1974

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Date of Original:
1974
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Hospitals and medicine, correspondence, 1966

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Robin, Frederick E.
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia
United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Southern Regional Council
Paschall, Eliza K.
Date of Original:
1966
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Frances Pauley oral history interview, 1988 April 11

Creator:
Pauley, Frances Freeborn, 1905-
Date of Original:
1988-04-11
Collection:
Georgia Government Documentation Project
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Albany Movement Leaders

Date of Original:
1961/1962
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church)

Creator:
Hatfield, Edward A.
Date of Original:
2007-11-08
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Donald Hollowell (1917-2004)

Creator:
Hatfield, Edward A.
Date of Original:
2007-09-12
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Donald and Louise Hollowell

Date of Original:
1998
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Hamilton Holmes

Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

King and Hollowell

Date of Original:
1960/1970
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1961-04-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1964-06-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1964-09-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1962-02-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

Jesse Hill interview

Creator:
Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2005-08-11
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

John and Mary Glustrom interview

Creator:
Glustrom, John and Mary
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-05-12
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Joseph and Alethea Boone interview

Creator:
Boone, Alethea and Boone, Joseph
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-04-03
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Lonnie King interview

Creator:
King, Jr., Lonnie, C. 1936-
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2005-11-21
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Morris Dillard interview

Creator:
Dillard, Morris J.
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2005-10-11
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Muriel Lokey interview

Creator:
Lokey, Muriel, 1922-2012
Merritt, Carole
Date of Original:
2006-01-04
Collection:
Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

George Lawrence, Solicitor General for Georgia, and Donald Hollowell, NAACP attorney, discuss the opportunity for Preston Cobb, a fifteen-year old African American youth, to receive a new trial. Cobb was tried for the June 1, 1961 murder of Coleman Dumas, a white man on whose property Cobb's family resided. An all-white Jasper County jury convicted Cobb of murder on August 16, 1961 in a one-day trial. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair on September 22, 1961. Five days prior to his execution NAACP lawyer Donald Hollowell took Cobb's case and argued for a new trial on March 12, 1962. The federal court granted Cobb a new trial based on the issue of the racial composition of the jury. After a series of retrials and reversals, Cobb was sentenced to life in prison, but was eventually released from prison in 1968.

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African American attorney Donald Hollowell speaking to reporters about the imprisonment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 October 27

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1960-10-27
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African American civil rights workers, Georgia National Guardsmen, and city officials in Albany, Georgia, 1961 December

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1961-12-00
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African American lawyers commenting on the University of Georgia's integration, students' replies to a reporter's questions, and African American students at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, 1961 January 9

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1961-01-09
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Albany Movement lawyers at the Federal Building in Atlanta, Georgia and of a mass meeting protesting the conviction of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph D. Abernathy in Shiloh Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, 1962 July

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1962-07-01
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leaving the Georgia State Prison in the company of Donald Hollowell, Ralph D. Abernathy, and Wyatt T. Walker, Reidsville, Georgia, 1960 October 27

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1960-10-27
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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