Overview Audio and motion picture oral history interviews with prominent current and former Georgia political figures representing political history since World War II which were conducted as part of the Georgia's Political Heritage Program (GPHP). The GPHP was founded in 1984 by Dr. Mel Steely, Professor Emeritus of the UWG History Department, to capture the memory of Georgia's political leaders as they relate their roles in the context of state and national politics. Interviewees discuss their...

Overview

Personal papers of Lester Maddox who served as governor of Georgia from 1967-1971 and as lieutenant governor from 1971-1975. Maddox was also an American Independent Party presidential nominee in the 1976 election.