- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Clarence A. Bacote (1906-1981)
- Creator:
- Williams, Louis
- Date of Original:
- 2003-05-14
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American political activists--Georgia--Atlanta
African American educators--Georgia--Atlanta
African American historians--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Politics and government - People:
- Bacote, Clarence A., 1906-1981
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Clarence A. Bacote, historian, scholar, and political activist who dedicated his life to educating black voters in Atlanta. He studied extensively the barriers to black political participation in the state and became an authority on Georgia political history. As a political activist he was responsible for helping to register thousands of African American voters in the mid-1940s and for organizing them into a political force in the city. He studied at the University of Kansas and the University of Chicago. After joining the faculty at Atlanta University Bacote was also involved with the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Atlanta All-Citizens Registration Committee (ACRC), the Atlanta Negro Voters League, and the Fulton County Democratic Club.
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Clarence A. Bacote (1906-1981)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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