- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Democratic Party of Georgia, Presidential Convention challenge
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Democratic Party (Ga.)
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 - Date of Original:
- 1968
- Subject:
- Political parties
Elections
Political candidates
Race discrimination
Political conventions
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Democratic Party (Ga.)
Georgia Democratic Party Forum - People:
- Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists primarily of briefs challenging the official delegation of the Democratic Party of Georgia to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, based on the exclusion of Black delegates from the state delegation and the hostility of Georgia Governor Lester Maddox to the platform of the National Democratic Party. Also includes one counter-brief of the Democratic Party of Georgia defending the state party's actions.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/80399
- IIIF manifest:
- ["https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/AFLCIO:80399/manifest.json"]
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- L1989-17_06_2843_002, Series VI: Political Materials, 1964-1985, AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department Records, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 144 pages
- Original Collection:
- Democratic Party of Georgia: Presidential Convention challenge
Southern Labor Archive
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/433
2843
Series VI: Political Materials, 1964-1985
AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department records (L1989-17) - Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
