- Collection:
- Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Series
- Title:
- Interview with Reverend Dwight Graves, 2009 November 2
- Creator:
- Bell, Matt, 1960-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mez, Eric
Graves, Dwight
Scott, Thomas Allan, 1943- - Publisher:
- Interview with Reverend Dwight Graves, 2009-11-02, 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:
- 2009-11-02
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Georgia--Cobb County
African American clergy--Georgia--Cobb County--Interviews
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cobb County Branch--History
Southern Christian Leadership Coalition. Georgia Chapter
Transcripts
Graves, Dwight--Interviews - People:
- Graves, Dwight
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Dwight Graves was born and grew up in Freeman, West Virginia. He attended Bluestar High School, transferring to Bramwell High School with the integration of the school system. After attending Bluefield State College in Bluefield, West Virginia, Rev. Graves joined the U.S. Air Force. He served in Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines before coming to Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Graves received a Masters degree in Theology and founded Emmanuel Tabernacle Christian Church in Marietta, Georgia, in 1997. He has held various leadership positions in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Interviewed by Eric Mez and Matt Bell in Marietta, Georgia on November 2, 2009. - Local Identifier:
- ksu-45-05-001-07029
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/11360/271
- 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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