- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Rep. Willis Negro Leader--Not Boss", June 15, 1967
- Date of Original:
- 1967-06-15
- Subject:
- African American leadership
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper article discussing A. W. Willis, the first black person to be elected to the Tennessee legislature since Reconstruction, who had been praised by Look Magazine as a potential leader of a statewide black political machine. However, Willis' record did not support this claim. He instead broke down political machines in his own community and at the state level. Willis was a vocal advocate for the general welfare and the overall progress of his community and state. He has also sponsored legislation to make the legislature more independent of the governor.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1942
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- 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:
-
