LaPorte, Philip A.United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Bexley, Harry2007-02-14Harry Bexley was born in his family homestead of Bexton, Georgia, in 1922. He grew up in Coweta County and graduated from Starr High School in 1941. While attending the Woodrow Wilson College of Law, he joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 613 (Atlanta, Ga.), and went on to serve as business manager for many years.Bexley talks briefly about his family background and years before attending law school and joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He discusses in detail obtaining the land for the IBEW Local 613 building and the IBEW Auditorium (named after Bexley). Bexley also talks about developing a pension plan for the IBEW and for the National Electrical Contractors Association, implementing reciprocity for traveling electrical workers, and the beginnings of the IBEW Local 613 apprenticeship hall. A large portion of the interview also covers his role as a labor official in the Georgia labor movement and his dealings with Georgia politicians, judges and governors, including Richard Russell, Carl Sanders, Lester Maddox, Jimmy Carter, Zell Miller, Roy Barnes and William B. Hartsfield.audio/mpegengAtlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Libraryhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Voices of Labor Oral History Projecthttp://research.library.gsu.edu/VoicesofLaborSouthern Labor ArchivesLabor UnionsElectricians--Labor unionsLabor unions--Political ActivityHarry Bexley oral history interview, 2007-02-14Sound