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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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L. Marshall, co-chairman of the Georgia Wallace For President Committee, predicts 95% of Negro voters in Georgia will support Wallace, estimates 180,000 registered Negro voters, and criticizes leaders C. A. Scott and Col. A. T. Walden for not backing the movement.
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The Communist Daily Worker in a bylined story from Macon, Ga., quotes L. Marshall, co-chairman of the Georgia Wallace For President Committee, as predicting that 95 percent of the Negro voters will vote for Wallace and Wallace candidates in Georgia. The Daily Worker story continues quoting Marshall by stating: "They may not speak up like I do. As for me, I have only one time to die and I am going to keep on speaking up for what I think is right." Marshall according to the Daily Worker, "estimated that there are now 180,000 registered Negro voters in Georgia. There were some 125,000 in 1946, and thousands have registered since then. "It will be hard going and no picnic to get Wallace's name and the People's Party on the ballot." Marshall assailed C. A. Scott of the Atlanta Daily World and Col. A. T. Walden, leading Atlanta attorney in the Daily Worker article. He attacked Georgia Negro leaders for not warming to the Wallace movement and for their political views.
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Macon, Ga.; Georgia; Atlanta
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L. Marshall predicts 95% Negro voter support for Wallace in Georgia, estimates 180,000 registered voters up from 125,000 in 1946, notes challenges to get on ballot, and assails C. A. Scott and Col. A. T. Walden for not supporting the Wallace movement.