- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Preston King (b. 1936)
- Creator:
- Lawson, Mary Sterner
- Date of Original:
- 2006-10-13
- Subject:
- College teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American college teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Scholars--Georgia--Atlanta
African American scholars--Georgia--Atlanta
African American authors--Georgia--Atlanta
Authors, American--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- King, Preston T., 1936-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Preston King. Preston King, an accomplished lecturer and professor of philosophy, lived abroad in exile for nearly forty years. A member of an Albany family well known for civil rights activism, King was convicted of draft evasion in 1961. Believing he had been unfairly treated, he left the country to pursue a career in higher education.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/preston-king-b-1936/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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