- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Robert Charles Loudermilk oral history interview, 2011-08-17
- Creator:
- Loudermilk, R. Charles, 1927-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Young, Andrea, 1955-
Newman, Harvey K. - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2011-08-17
- Subject:
- Community activists
Political participation
Politicians
Local elections
Local government
Local history - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works)
digital audio formats - Type:
- Sound
Still Image - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Robert C. “Robin” Loudermilk, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Loudermilk Companies, an asset-based real estate development, investment, and management company in Atlanta, GA. Prior to founding LCO, Robin served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Aaron’s, Inc. (NYSE: AAN). Prior to his career with Aaron’s, Inc., he worked for Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services and subsequently Stratton Construction, Inc. Robin is currently on the Boards of Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), The Atlanta Police Foundation as Chairman, Shepherd Spinal Center, Urban Land Institute (ULI), Capital Markets Council, Buckhead Community Improvement District (Buckhead CID), Livable Buckhead, Midtown Community Improvement District (Midtown CID) and Midtown Alliance. He founded the Buckhead Alliance, a public safety organization, and is a member of the Downtown Atlanta Rotary Club and a former member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. A native of Atlanta, GA, Robin is an alum of The Lovett School and attended The University of Alabama, where he earned a degree in General Business Administration.
In this interview, Robert C. Loudermilk discusses race relations in Atlanta, the Action Forum, and local Black leadership. He discusses the roles of various Atlanta leaders in shaping local governance, such as Sam Massell, William Hartsfield, and Andrew Young. He describes the Atlanta Way, the process of getting the Olympic Games, and the construction of Underground Atlanta. Finally, he discusses Atlanta's history, its role in the Civil Rights Movement, and the establishment of MARTA. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/859
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:859/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Loudermilk, Charles R. interviewed by Andrea Young and Harvey Newman on August 17, 2011, Harvey Newman Papers at the Georgia State University Library, Social Change Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 02:39:01
- Original Collection:
- Making of Modern Atlanta Interviews
Harvey Newman Papers
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
