Some of the People Who Ate My Barbecue Didn't Vote for Me: The Life of Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin

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283 Albany, GA, protests, 234, 236 Anti-Talmadges, 2–3, 21, 22–23, 48, 51, 89 Arnall, Ellis as governor, 2, 57 and Griffin, 39–40, 49–50, 63, 85, 185 and three-governors controversy, 66–68 Atlanta, 10, 223 Atlanta Daily World, 101 Bagby, George, 177, 193 Bainbridge, GA, 7–8, 12, 58, 69, 71, 121 port, 147–48, 252 Bainbridge Post-Searchlight, 11, 17, 39, 45, 47, 64, 71–73, 156 Baker v. Carr, 221 Baxley, GA, 201–2 Bell, Griffin, 1, 222 Bell, John Sammons, 146, 163, 164, 170 Bentley, Jimmy, 67–68, 80 Bilbo, Theodore, 57 black belt, 9–10, 55, 61–62, 107, 239 Boddenhammer, Bill, 205–6 Brown v. Board of Education, 13, 94–95, 124, 131, 149 Byrd, Garland T., 221, 225–26, 246, 270n10 Cadenhead, Paul, 207 Cadenhead investigations, 207–9, 210–11, 217 Callaway, Bo, 226, 246 Carmichael, Jimmy, 44, 62 Index Carter, Jimmy, 246–47, 250 Citadel, The, 15–16, 34 citizens’ councils, 150, 167, 186–87 Cook, Eugene, 78, 151, 168, 179 county unit system, 1, 4, 53–55, 62, 221–23 courthouse gangs, 2, 55–56 Cox, Eugene, 19 Cox, James, 58, 101 Davis, James C., 171–72 Davis, Jefferson Lee, 163 Decatur County, GA, 8, 121, 130 Democratic National Convention, 79, 169–72 Democratic Party, 79, 85, 123–24 Dennis, Belmont, 260nn22–23 Dixiecrat Party, 79 Duke, Dan, 82 Eisenhower, Dwight, 85, 157, 188–89 Faubus, Orval, 186–88 Flynt, Jack, 67 Fortson, Ben, 137 Gallogly, Richard, 30 Geer, Peter Zack, 224, 244, 270n7 Georgia, regions and political significance, 8–10, 54–55, 62, 108 Georgia Democratic Party, 87–88 factions within, 21 Georgia flag, 162–66, 253 284 “Some of the People Who Ate My Barbecue Didn’t Vote for Me” Georgia General Assembly, 17, 80–81 Georgia Senate, 129, 256n11 Georgia States’ Rights Council, 150, 168 Gillis, Jim, 26–27, 92, 104–5, 124–25, 221 Gowen, Charles, 89, 98, 177 Gray v. Sanders, 222 Grayson, Spence M., 260n22 Griffin, Ernest H. “Pat,” 8, 11 Griffin, Josie Butler, 11 Griffin, Mary Elizabeth Smith “Lib,” 16–17, 64, 71, 72, 137, 247 Griffin, Patricia Ann, 16, 63–65 Griffin, Robert A. “Cheney” 1954 Marvin Griffin campaign, 95, 108 1962 Marvin Griffin campaign, 228, 231 and brother, 12, 71, 219, 248, 249 controversies, 5, 174, 181 in Marvin Griffin administration, 122, 125–27, 192, 199–200, 254 legal investigations into, 202–3, 211–13, 217 Griffin, Samuel Marvin 1946 campaign, 43–45, 53, 57–63 1948 campaign, 74–78 1950 campaign, 82–83 1954 campaign, 95–97, 102–3, 106–7 1962 campaign, 4, 225–41 as adjutant general, 1, 2, 39–41, 67, 68 as Anti-Talmadge supporter, 2, 39, 68 campaign style, 75, 96–99, 105–6, 223–24 childhood and formative years, 11–13 and citizens’ councils, 168–69, 253 college years, 15–16 (see also Citadel, The) daughter’s death, 64–65, 260n26 grand jury hearing, 214–16 humor, 146, 148, 243–44, 247, 248–49, 250 legacy, 1, 80–81, 240–41, 250–54 (see also Griffin administration) as legislator, 17–18, 40 as lieutenant governor, 1, 78–86 military service, 33–39 and Lint Miller controversy, 26–28 and New Guinea, 36–38, 71 and newspapers in Atlanta, 58, 74, 76–77, 132, 136–38, 153, 182–83, 200–201 pardons scandal, 30–32, 76, 103–4 personality, 1, 31–32, 38–39, 71–73, 122, 128, 132, 253–54, 270n42 and political leaders in Atlanta, 138, 182 as public education supporter, 81, 84, 235 on race and segregation, 2–3, 46–49, 60–61, 84–85, 168, 246–47, 249, 253 religious beliefs, 100, 148 and Republican Party, 245–46 in Rivers administration, 20–21, 24, 28–29, 68, 75 roads as campaign issue of, 104, 107 and segregation as political issue, 104, 107, 185–86, 223, 230–31, 236–37 and Herman Talmadge, 73, 76–77, 85–86, 90–94, 122–23, 125, 184–85, 204, 237–38 as Talmadge supporter, 45–46, 50–52 on taxes, 76, 83–84 and three-governors controversy, 67–68 vice presidential candidacy, 244 Griffin, Samuel Marvin, Jr., 20, 72, 151–52, 235 Griffin administration budget crisis, 132–36 legacy, 1, 4, 143–44, 231, 238–39, 251–53 corruption in, 4–5, 146–47, 194–95, 205, 210–11, 214–15, 217–19, 253–54 and higher education, 180, 196–97, 250 industry recruitment by, 3, 142, 145–46, 251 investigations of...