Clarence Albert Bacote oral history interview, 1977 July 25 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The collection consists of an oral history interview with Clarence Bacote on July 25, 1977 in which he discusses how Helen Douglas Mankin gained support of black community in 1946 special election; Mankin's attendance at Butler Street YMCA election meetings; secret statement of black support for Mankin; work of blacks at polling places; county unit system; Mankin's write-in vote; Morris Abram; Charles Weltner; Carl Sanders; Ellis Arnall; Mankin loses 1948 election; George Goodwin and black/white alliance; and Everett Millican