Buchanan, Scott E
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Encyclopedia article about Marvin Griffin. Marvin Griffin served as governor of Georgia from 1955 to 1959. Griffin was one of the first governors to serve as a "good will ambassador" to attract industries to Georgia. Griffin, a Democrat, was also a segregationist and promised to close the state's public school system if federal authorities tried to enforce desegregation. He left office under a cloud of suspicion for corruption in his administration and failed in an attempted gubernatorial comeback in 1962.
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![I won't appear on the same program with him again! / Baldy, [ca. 1962]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/d122fa5c29fb52eb9d262243fd6e49ee2e203dd6.png "I won't appear on the same program with him again! / Baldy, [ca. 1962]")
