- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Cocking affair
- Creator:
- Cook, James F.
- Date of Original:
- 2002-08-12
- Subject:
- Cocking, Walter
University System of Georgia. Board of Regents
Politics and education--Georgia
University of Georgia--Officials and employees--Dismissal of
Deans (Education)--Georgia--Athens--Dismissal of
Education--Georgia
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Athens
Education, Higher--Georgia - People:
- Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Cocking Affair. In the summer of 1941 Governor Eugene Talmadge instituted the most devastating assault on higher education in the history of Georgia. His firing of professors, administrators, and members of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia generated a storm of adverse publicity throughout the nation and led the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to withdraw accreditation from all of Georgia's state-supported colleges for whites. Walter Cocking, dean of the College of Education at the University of Georgia, was a key target in the Talmadge purge.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/cocking-affair/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "The Cocking Affair," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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