- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Michael Trotter oral history interview, 2011-10-25
- Creator:
- Trotter, Michael H.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Young, Andrea, 1955-
Newman, Harvey K. - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2011-10-25
- Subject:
- Education
Law
Law firms
Law--Study and teaching
Business
Business education
Business enterprises
Minority business enterprises
Transportation
Civil rights
Atlanta (Ga.)
King & Spalding - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
digital audio formats - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Michael Trotter has been a practicing lawyer in Atlanta since 1961. He received his bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1958, and went on to earn his master's degree and law degree from Harvard University in 1959 and 1962. He has worked as a partner at Kilpatrick Stockton and King and Spalding, and currently works as a partner at Taylor English. He served on the Action Forum, Research Atlanta, Good Government Atlanta, and the Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta.
In this interview, Trotter discusses his work as a lawyer, his activism in the Action Forum and Research Atlanta, and his advocacy with Good Government Atlanta. Finally, he talks about the work of the Chamber of Commerce, the end of the Action Forum, and the revitalization of education in the city through Great Schools Atlanta. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/868
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:868/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):
- Trotter, Michael interviewed by Andrea Young and Harvey Newman, October 25, 2011, Harvey Newman Papers, Social Change Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
- Extent:
- 1:46:24
- Original Collection:
- Making of Modern Atlanta Interviews
Harvey Newman Papers
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
