Interviewee Background Information

A standard JSU oral-history intake form, filled out in Dr. Rodgers's own hand at age 79. Two entries on this sheet — a city council election year of 1950 and a 1951 march on Washington — don't match the record established elsewhere on this site (he was elected to the council in 1968, and no other source confirms a march on Washington). We show the form exactly as he filled it out rather than silently correct it; see Sources & Research for the open questions this raises.

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INTERVIEWEE BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Name: Gordon A. Rodgers, Jr.   M/F: M
Address: 1001 Claxton St, Anniston, AL 36201
Phone number(s): [phone number omitted]
Approximate age or date of birth: Oct. 28, 1915
Mother's Name: Fannie M. Rodgers
Father's Name: Gordon A. Rodgers Sr.
Places lived and when: 1001 Claxton, Anniston, AL, since 1952
Education: A.B., D.D.S.
Religion: Protestant
Business, political and social memberships (past and present): [blank]
Present occupation: Retired
Former occupations: Dentist
Special Skills: [blank]
Major Accomplishments: Broke color barrier, Calhoun County, 1950
National Events in which interviewee has participated: 1951 march on Washington, D.C.
Local Events in which interviewee has participated: Elected to Anniston City Council, 1950
National born U.S. citizen? Yes
Naturalized Citizen: [not marked]   Date: [blank]
Country from which he/she emigrated: [blank]
Documents, photographs, and artifacts which are in the possession of the interviewee: [blank]
Individuals recommended by the interviewee who might be candidates for an oral history interview: [blank]
Additional information: [blank]

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Interview by Shaun Simmons for Dr. Suzanne Marshall’s oral history project, April 12, 1995. Courtesy of Jacksonville State University, Houston Cole Library. View the original at Jacksonville State University, Houston Cole Library.