Cobb County civil rights oral history project culminates with gift to KSU Archives
MEDIA ADVISORY Event to mark donation of papers belonging to Marietta’s first black…
Georgia (Jul 28, 2010) —
KENNESAW, Ga. (July 28, 2010) — Kennesaw State University will celebrate thecompletion of an oral history project conducted by KSU students and the Cobb County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) this Friday, July 30. The event also will celebrate the donation of a collection of the papers of the late Hugh Grogan, Marietta’s first black council member, elected in 1977.
- Reece Grogan, son of Hugh Grogan, who will sign the deed of gift
- Cobb County residents who were interviewed for the oral history project
- Tom Scott, oral historian and KSU history professor, and history students
- Deane Bonner, president, Cobb County branch of the NAACP
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