A friendly tongue / Hal Gulliver ; with a foreword by Tom Wicker
- Bib ID:
- 2689255
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gulliver, Hal, 1935-
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- Description:
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- Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c1984
- xvi, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0865541183
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: DEDICATION ix
- FOREWORD xi
- INTRODUCTION XV
- PART I
- PERSPECTIVES ON (AND FROM) THE DEEP SOUTH 1
- How Georgia's Political Climate Is Changing 5
- It Happened in Chicago 8
- Georgia Schools and Mr. Nixon's Southern Strategy 11
- Playing the Game by the Old Rules 14
- On Becoming Atlanta's Most Visible Minority 17
- How South Africa Is Similar to the Old South 20
- How a State Senator Finally Did Right 23
- Burying Democrats Only When They're Dead 26
- Troubling White Liberal Draws Investigation 29
- Watergate Climate Creates Tragic Political Impact 32
- Thinking of Cedar Trees, Oysters, and Turtles 35
- Biko's Murder: Ominous Prophecy of Tragic Events 38
- ,Donald Woods Escapes Banning 41
- A Celebration, Despite Haters 43
- '-An Old Atlanta Visitor Turns Up 45
- .'he Talmadge Dinosaur Era Is Fading 48
- .The Friends of Herman Talmadge Prevailed at Last 51
- - Preserving Christian Silence on Hungry Children 54
- On the Southern Way of Life in Pierce County 57
- On the Brown Decision After Twenty-Five Years 60
- Dr. King Changed America for the Better 63
- On the Immoral Moral Majority 66
- Stokely Carmichael's Old Brand of Racist Rhetoric 69
- 01' Hosea Had a Pretty Fair Week 72
- Let Us Mourn for What We Did to Jerry Banks 75
- How a New Congressman Got Elected 78
- Two Good Old Boys from Dooly 81
- On Reliving That Monkey Trial in Tennessee 84
- Trial Ends Long Trauma in Atlanta 87
- Generations Clash near Mt. Hebron 90
- PART II
- JIMMY CARTER'S TIME 93
- Just Ain't Much Humor in Politics 98
- Carter Gathers the Faithful for Lunch 101
- Carter No Longer Asks Sanders's Advice 103
- Sorting Out Georgia Politics in the Library 105
- Jimmy the Greek Accurately Touted Jimmy the
- Carter 107
- Counting Heads Among the Carter Forces 110
- Catfish, Turtles, and Such 112
- Baptist, Bootleggers, and Whiskey 115
- Carter's Last Year as Governor 118
- With the Hopefuls on the Hustings in New Hampshire . 121
- Jimmy Carter: The Long-Distance Runner's Progress 127
- How R. W Apple Discovered Iowa 130
- Democrats Like Carter in Florida 133
- Jimmy Carter Just Might Win It All 136
- Ellis Arnall Defines Democrat 139
- Carter's Luck Is a Factor in the Campaign 142
- Big Wallace Rallies Are No More 145
- Changing Candidates and Confronting Crazy Minds 148
- On the Making of a Political Phenomenon 151
- Firing Henry Grady's Cannon 156
- Those Early Risers Lean to Mischief 159
- High Public Official Waits in the Cold 161
- Carter and Editors and Telephones 164
- On Rights (for Rich Women Only) 167
- Playboy, the President, and the Bishop 169
- Griffin Bell Served This Nation Well 172
- It Took Courage to Try 176
- Bert Lance's Long Ordeal Ends at Last 179
- Jimmy Carter Comes Home to Georgia 183
- PART III
- SOME WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE 187
- In Memory of a Truly Gentle Man 191
- Ivan Allen: Unlikely Catalyst of Social Change 194
- A Memory of Brandy and Paris 197
- Two Stories: Bobby Jones and Ralph Bunche 200
- For Him, No Sadness of Farewell 203
- Bernice McCullar and Her Dogwood at the Capitol 205
- Dr. Benjamin Mays Is a Real Hero 208
- On Remembering Savannah's Pinkie Masters 211
- How Aubrey Morris Shut the City Down 214
- Anonymous Donor Strikes Yet Again 217
- Aaron Is a Hit with Inmates 220
- Helen Did It Her Way 223
- Allard Lowenstein Was the "Original Activist" 226
- On Hanging George T. Smith in the Capitol 229
- Remembering Dean Tate of Georgia 232
- Remembering Macon Editor Joe Parham 235
- Clarence Bacote Taught and Made History 238
- Roasting Bob Steed in Macon 241
- On the Death of Our Friend, Omar Torrijos 244
- Anwar Sadat Had the Courage to Make Peace 248
- On Naming a City Street after Abby 251
- PART IV
- PERSONAL BIASES AND OTHER GOOD FUN 255
- Gray Grimness Makes Us Grateful 258
- Sometimes, You Can Fight City Hall 260
- Sea of Galilee: A Peaceful Place 263
- The News with Love from Spring Street 266
- Reg Murphy's 49-Hour Ordeal (and Ours) 269
- Should Lawyers Still Be Barred from Georgia? 272
- Only 359 Days until the Next Great Race 274
- Eddie Slovik's Panic Was Not His Alone 277
- Calvin Trillin, Henry Mencken, and Julian Bond 279
- IRS Audits Are Just Coincidental 282
- We Didn't Wait for the Sheep 285
- U. S. Governors in Irish Dash 288
- Strolling Around the Yale Campus 291
- All Hail Conquering Columbia 295
- A Saga of Playboy and Baylor 298
- Good Words Engage a Friendly Tongue 301
- Twenty Years of Memories Will Remain 304.
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- Includes index.
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