- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Mayor Allen Confirms That He'll Retire", January 7, 1969
- Creator:
- Coffin, Alex
- Date of Original:
- 1969-01-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Political participation
African Americans--Politics and government
Political campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- newspaper clippings
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. announced his retirement a year from then at an Atlanta Rotary Club luncheon, sparking speculation about possible candidates to succeed him, with Aid. Milton Farris, Vice Mayor Sam Massell, and Aid. Rodney Cook appearing to be the favorites, although reliable rumors circulating in the Black community that there may be no major Black candidate for mayor this year would strongly enhance Massell's candidacy. Along with article, "Concerted Negro Vote Sign Up Under Way for Mayor�s Race", about an effort is being made in Atlanta to register and educate eligible Black voters in an attempt to gain majority control in the upcoming mayoral election, with some caution being exercised to avoid splitting the Black vote by throwing support behind a white candidate, such as Vice Mayor Sam Massell, who is deemed more acceptable to some Black leaders than a Black candidate who may be seen as a sellout to the community, while also pressing for police reform and addressing allegations of police brutality and misconduct towards the Black community. 1 page.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1504
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: achives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- 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
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