January 11, 1955: Marvin Griffin Sworn In as Governor
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Suggested Readings
Scott E. Buchanan, Some of the People Who Ate My Barbecue Didn't Vote for Me (Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press, 2011).
James F. Cook, The Governors of Georgia, 1754-2004, 3d ed. (Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2005).
Harold P. Henderson and Gary L. Roberts, eds., Georgia Governors in an Age of Change: From Ellis Arnall to George Busbee (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1988).
“Marvin Griffin (1907-1982).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-827&sug=y
National Governor’s Association: http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors- bios/page_georgia/col2-content/main-content-list/title_griffin_samuel.html
Georgia Busbee: Marvin Griffin 1987 interview http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-2034
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January 11, 1955: Marvin Griffin Sworn in as Governor Learn More
Image Credits
Ag Hill Scene with buildings and students Image courtesy of UGA Photographic Services, photographer Andrew Davis Tucker
Brown v. Board document, 301669 National Archives and Records Administration, Accessed through archives.gov
Camden County Training School Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia Collection, cam032
Carving with Trees Courtesy of the Stone Mountain Press Office
Floyd County classroom, 1950s Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia Collection, flo154
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Governor Griffin addresses GA Assembly Courtesy of Georgia Archives, rg1-18-92-1_1482_1
Governor Griffin, Swainsboro, late 1950s Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia collection, emn131
Governor Marvin Griffin, August 1955 Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Interstate construction, skyline of Atlanta, 1960s Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Julian Bond, 1966 Image courtesy of Associated Press
Mableton, South Cobb High School, 1950s Image courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia Collection, cob180
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Marvin Griffin Courtesy of Edwin Jackson
Marvin Griffin, 1955 Image courtesy of Associated Press
Murphy High School Integration Image Courtesy of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, VIS099253026
Neely Nuclear Reactor Image courtesy of the Georgia Tech Research Institute
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