Gainesville 8
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Folder 29: Newspaper Clippings August 1973, Aug-73
File — Box 4, Folder: 29
Collection number: Folder 29
Scope and Contents
August 1973 Newspaper clippings: Articles on robbings, trials and scared witnesses. Police are told to close records and move on. Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) - trial of the Gainesville 8.
Dates:
Created: Aug-73
Folder 30: Newspaper Articles September 1973, Sep-73
File — Box 4, Folder: 30
Collection number: Folder 30
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Margaret (Sissy) Leonard and her family have a strong legacy in journalism and activism throughout the 20th century. The tradition started with her grandfather, George Long, who courageously criticized the Ku Klux Klan in his editorials for the Macon Telegraph in the early 1900s. Margaret's mother, Margaret Long, was a progressive journalist who worked at several newspapers in the southern United States. She managed to raise two children mostly on her own while also writing two published...
Dates:
Created: Sep-73