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Carolyn Long Banks oral history interview, 2011-08-01

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Banks, Carolyn Long

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In this interview, Carolyn Long Banks discusses civil rights activism in the city, including Andrew Young and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She talks about integrating Rich's, the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights, and the role of student protests in the Civil Rights Movement.Carolyn Long Banks was the first African-American woman appointed and elected to the Atlanta City Council, serving the City of Atlanta from 1980 to 1997. Banks was one of only two black women to serve as president of the National League of Cities. During her tenure she shaped the country’s municipal legislative agenda, testified before Congress, and met frequently with President Clinton and members of Congress. She was also president of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Official and Women in Municipal Government. Annually, while in elective office, she counseled first-time elected municipal officials at Harvard University. Banks also became the first African-American buyer for Rich’s Department Store.
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