- Collection:
- Cobb NAACP/Civil Rights Series
- Title:
- Interview with Interview with Hugh Grogan III, 2009 November 15
- Creator:
- Lutz, Jay
- Contributor to Resource:
- Grogan, Hugh Lewis, 1964-
- Publisher:
- Interview with Hugh Grogan III, 2009-11-15, 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:
- 2009-11-15
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Cobb County--Interviews
Marietta (Ga.)--Politics and government
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Cobb County Branch--History
Oral histories
Transcripts
Grogan, Hugh Lewis, 1964- --Interviews - People:
- Grogan, Hugh Lewis, 1964-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Hugh Grogan III was born in New York City and moved with his family to Marietta, Georgia, in 1971 or 1972. He is the oldest son of community activist, Hugh Grogan, Jr., who was the first African American elected to the Marietta City Council. Hugh Grogan, Jr. represented Ward 5 and won the seat after successfully challenging redistricting in the case, Grogan v. Hunter. Hugh Grogan III graduated from Marietta High School. Before receiving a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, he interned at the Cobb County Solicitor's Office under Philip Goldstein. Grogan worked for Cobb County Pretrial Court Services before moving with his wife to Memphis, Tennessee. He has worked for pretrial court services in Shelby County, Tennessee, and Memphis. At the time of the interview, Hugh Grogan lived in Memphis. His brother is Reece Grogan.
Interviewed by Jay Lutz by telephone on November 15, 2009. - Local Identifier:
- ksu-45-05-001-07041
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/11360/285
- 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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