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Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992

Biography:

"The first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly, Grace Towns Hamilton was also the first female of her race in the Deep South to hold a public office of such consequence. She was among eight African Americans sent to the state legislature in a special election in June 1965; they were the first to enter the lower house since the end of Reconstruction. Hamilton represented her district in mid-Atlanta continuously for the next eighteen years, becoming known to her peers as "the most effective woman legislator the state has ever had."--"Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 10, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
  • Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) (Articles)
• Oral histories of the American South (Georgia selections) (Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill))
  • Oral history interview with Grace Towns Hamilton, July 19, 1974 (Transcripts)
• Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement (Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill))
  • Oral history interview with Grace Towns Hamilton, July 19, 1974 (Transcripts)