January 11, 1955: Marvin Griffin Sworn In as Governor Learn More 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 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org 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 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org 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 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org 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 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org .