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    Interview with Jon C. Greaves, Jr., 2014-09-20


     
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    Oswald, Heather
    Graham, Anne M. (1966- )
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    Gay rights -- Georgia -- Cobb County -- History.; Video recordings; Cobb County (Ga.). Board of Commissioners -- History.; Cobb Citizens Coalition -- History.; Cobb County (Ga.). Community Relations Council -- History.; Gay activists -- United States.; Oral histories.; Cobb County (Ga.) -- History.; Marietta (Ga.) -- History.; Greaves, Jon C., Jr. (Jon Charles) (1957- ); Video recordings.
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    Jon Charles Greaves, Jr. was born in 1957 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He graduated from Wabash College where he majored in philosophy with a concentration in psychology. Afterwards he worked in the retail industry and later was employed by PacTel Cellular. Greaves moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1983 where he began to get involved in LGBT organizations such as Friends Atlanta, as well as local Gay Pride events. Greaves has been involved in various community organizations since his teens, and as an adult has engaged in activism relating to civil rights, marriage equality, and local politics. He has served on the Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter of the ACLU of Georgia and the Atlanta City Council's Lesbian/Gay Public Safety Task Force of the Public Safety Committee. He also set up and maintained the Georgia Anti-Violence Program hotline to collect instances of hate crimes committed against people in the LGBT community. In this interview, Greaves discusses his relationship with David Greer, co-parenting Greer’s nephew Cody, his relationship with Gary Thacker and Thacker’s suicide. Greaves also displays his collection of buttons documenting his participation in various organizations and events.
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    Interview with Jon C. Greaves Jr., 2014-09-20, Kennesaw State University Archives Oral history project, 2014- , KSU/14/05/01/001, Kennesaw State University Archives
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    The digital reproductions on this site are provided for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format outside of fair use, please contact the Kennesaw State University Archives.
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    ks-14-05-01-001-010103-20140920
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11360/1969
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    http://archivesspace.kennesaw.edu/repositories/4/resources/269
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    • LGBTQ Experience
    • LGBTQ Oral History Series

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