- Collection:
- Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Series
- Title:
- Interview with Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Rhonda Anderson, 2009 November 12
- Creator:
- Anderson, David Clay
- Contributor to Resource:
- Anderson, Rhonda, 1957-
Scott, Thomas Allan, 1943- - Publisher:
- Interview with Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Rhonda Anderson, 2009-11-12, Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights series, 2009-2010, Kennesaw State University Oral History Project, 1973- , KSU/45/05/001, Kennesaw State University Archives.
- Date of Original:
- 2009-11-12
- Subject:
- African American police--Georgia--Cobb County--Interviews
Law enforcement--Georgia--Cobb County
Anderson, Rhonda, 1957- --Interviews
Oral histories
Transcripts - People:
- Anderson, Rhonda, 1957-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Rhonda Anderson was born in Cobb County, Georgia. She attended Lemon Street Elementary School and graduated from Marietta High School in 1977. Sgt. Anderson graduated from the University of West Georgia with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice before joining the Cobb County Sheriff's Office in 1983. She was the first African American woman to be hired by the sheriff's office. From 1989 to 2000, Sgt. Anderson worked as a probation office for Cobb County, returning to the Sheriff's Office in 2000. She attends Turner Chapel A.M.E. Church in Marietta, Georgia. Her grandfather, John Henrey Williams, founded the Gem City Cab Company in Cobb County.
Interviewed by D. Clay Anderson in Marietta, Georgia on November 12, 2009. - Local Identifier:
- ksu-45-05-001-07020
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/11360/262
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- The digital reproductions on this site are provided for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format outside of fair use please contact the Kennesaw State University Archives.
- Holding Institution:
- Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management
- Rights:
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