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Bob Cohn, 30 June 2010.

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Cohn, Bob

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Part 2: Bob Cohn shares his iconic picture of Denmark Groover taking the legislative clock down and explains the story relating to reapportionment that went along with it. He discusses starting his public relations firm with partner Norman Wolfe. Cohn discusses working with Coca-Cola on Olympic promotions from the 1970s. He recalls working on the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Cohn recalls several legislative issues that his public relations firm handled in addition to six political campaigns. He discusses being Zell Miller's appointee to the Metropolitan Olympic Games Authority and his perception of party politics in Georgia.Bob Cohn began his career as a news writer and photojournalist after graduating from the University of Alabama. He has worked on Olympic and event marketing for many years and has served as a chairman of the National Parade and March Oversight Committee for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday and as Governor Zell Miller's appointee to the Metropolitan Atlanta Olympic Games Authority.Finding aid available in repository.Part 1: Bob Cohn recalls being born in Booklyn, New York, joining the Air Force and attending the University of Alabama through the G.I. Bill. He recalls his first job working for the Montgomery Advertiser and subsequently working as the city editor of the Augusta newspaper. In Atlanta, Cohn covered the capitol and had a fair relationship with Governor Sanders. He discusses his work as a reporter during the civil rights movement in Augusta and Montgomery. Cohn discusses his fears for personal safety as a Jewish reporter but comments...
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Short, Bob, 1932
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