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-1st became gov. of GA in 1946
-segregationist
-U.S. Senator from GA 1956-1981
-fought to prevent civil rights legislation
Herman Talmadge
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-President of Morehouse College
-minister, scholar, educator, mentor to
MLK
-pacifist
Benjamin Mays
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-Eugene Talmadge died prompting
confusion about who would be gov. of GA
-H. Talmadge, M.E. Thompson, and Ellis
Arnall all claimed to be governor
1946 Governor Race
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