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Interview with James E. Gober transcript

dc.contributorScott, Thomas Allan (1943- )
dc.contributor.authorDrysdale, Jessica Renee
dc.contributor.authorLutz, Jay
dc.contributor.otherGober, James E.
dc.coverage.spatialMarietta, Georgia
dc.coverage.spatialCobb County
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-29T21:14:04Z
dc.date.created2009-10-22
dc.date.issued2014-08-29T21:14:04Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-29T21:14:04Z
dc.identifierksu-45-05-001-07028
dc.identifier.citationInterview 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.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11360/270
dc.descriptionJames 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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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherKennesaw State University Archives
dc.relation.ispartofhttp://archivesspace.kennesaw.edu/repositories/4/resources/195
dc.rightsThe 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.
dc.subjectCivil rights movements -- Georgia -- Marietta -- History.
dc.subjectGober, James E. (1937- )
dc.subjectMarietta (Ga.) -- Politics and government.
dc.subjectMarietta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs.
dc.subjectOral histories.
dc.subjectTranscripts.
dc.titleInterview with James E. Gober transcript
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  • Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Oral History Series
    The Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Series consists of forty-one oral history interviews done with a variety of people across Cobb County. The purpose of the project is to collect personal experiences of people with the Cobb County Branch and its predecessor, the Marietta Branch, of the NAACP, as well as the Civil Rights movement in Cobb County, Georgia.

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