- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- "Jackson Favors Georgia Power", June 6, 1968
- Date of Original:
- 1968-06-06
- Subject:
- Political campaigns
African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article discussing Maynard Jackson Jr.'s, an Atlanta attorney, announcement of his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Herman Talmadge. Jackson stated that he would run as a Georgian and a citizen of the United States, not as a Black person. He also stated that he believed in "Georgia power and people power" instead of "Black power." Jackson was confident that he could win the election, even though he was the first Black person to challenge Talmadge for the seat.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1941
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
