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    Interview with James E. Gober transcript

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    Date Created
    2009-10-22
    Author
    Drysdale, Jessica Renee
    Lutz, Jay
    Subject
    Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Marietta -- History.; Gober, James E. (1937- ); Marietta (Ga.) -- Politics and government.; Marietta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs.; Oral histories.; Transcripts.
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    James E. Gober grew up in the Baptist Town area of Marietta, Georgia, and graduated from Lemon Street High School. He attended Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, and Daniel Payne Junior College in Birmingham, Alabama. While Mr. Gober was in Birmingham he participated in the civil rights movement. His arrest for protesting segregation was reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Gober v. City of Birmingham in 1963. He returned to Marietta and has worked in the City of Marietta Dept. of Recreation and the construction industry. Mr. Gober was the first African American male to hold a position in the Urban Renewal Dept. of the Marietta Housing Authority. He was a longtime friend of community activist Hugh Grogan and is married to Grogan's ex-wife, Bettye.
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    Interview with James E. Gober transcript, 2009-10-22, Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights series, 2009-2010, Kennesaw State University Oral History Project, 1973- , KSU/45/05/001, 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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    ksu-45-05-001-07028
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11360/270
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    http://archivesspace.kennesaw.edu/repositories/4/resources/195
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    • African American Experience
    • Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Oral History Series

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