Williams, Louis

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Encyclopedia article about Clarence A. Bacote, historian, scholar, and political activist who dedicated his life to educating black voters in Atlanta. He studied extensively the barriers to black political participation in the state and became an authority on Georgia political history. As a political activist he was responsible for helping to register thousands of African American voters in the mid-1940s and for organizing them into a political force in the city. He studied at the University of Kansas and the University of Chicago. After joining the faculty at Atlanta University Bacote was also involved with the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Atlanta All-Citizens Registration Committee (ACRC), the Atlanta Negro Voters League, and the Fulton County Democratic Club.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia