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Interview with Judge James G. Bodiford transcript

dc.contributorScott, Thomas Allan (1943- )
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, David Clay
dc.contributor.otherBodiford, James G.
dc.coverage.spatialCobb County
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-29T21:14:06Z
dc.date.created2009-11-03
dc.date.issued2014-08-29T21:14:06Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-29T21:14:06Z
dc.identifierksu-45-05-001-07037
dc.identifier.citationInterview with Judge James G. Bodiford transcript, 2009-11-03, 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/11360/280
dc.descriptionJames G. Bodiford moved to Powder Springs, Georgia, at the age of 5, when his father accepted a position with the Lockheed-Georgia Company in 1954. He attended Powder McEachern High School and graduated from Gordon Military High School in Barnesville, Georgia. Bodiford received a Bachelor's degree from Mercer University and a J.D. from John Marshall Law School. He went into private practice in Marietta, Georgia, and worked as a trial lawyer for the Cobb County District Attorney's Office. Judge Bodiford served on the Powder Springs Municipal Court before accepting an appointment as Cobb County Chief Magistrate Judge, which he held from 1985 to 1994. He was elected to the Cobb County Superior Court in 1994 and served as Chief Judge from 2005 to 2006. Judge Bodiford appointed Vicki Trammell Cuthbert to the Cobb County Magistrate Court in 1988, where she served as the court's first African American judge.
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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.subjectBodiford, James G.
dc.subjectCobb County (Ga.) -- Politics and government.
dc.subjectGeorgia. Superior Court (Cobb County) -- History.
dc.subjectOral histories.
dc.subjectTranscripts.
dc.titleInterview with Judge James G. Bodiford 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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