Interview Table of Contents

The interviewer's planned topic outline for the four-tape interview: his parents, education, his brother and sister, the dental practice, community life, the Anniston police, his run for public office, NAACP leadership, jail and marches, and the dangers of the NAACP presidency. Transcribed verbatim, including the outline's own numbering and spelling.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DR. GORDON RODGERS, JR.

I. Personal Life

II. Parents
   A. Father
   B. Mother

III. Education
   A. Grade School
   B. High School
   C. College

IV. Brother and Sister
   A. Sister
      (1) Her personal life
   B. Brother
      (1) Grade School
      (2) College
      (3) Army
      (4) Things he done for the community

V. Dr. Rodger's occupation
   A. Life being a Dentist

VI. Community Life
   A. Area he stayed in
   B. Community groups involved in
      (1) Position held
      (2) What was it formed for

VII. Relationship with Anniston Police Department
   A. Focus on attitude of APD
      (1) How they inforce laws

VIII. How he ran for public office in Calhoun County
   A. Reasons for running
   B. When he got elected

IX. Were you apart of a community organization?
   A. NAACP — Type of position held
   B. Why was it established
   C. Why did he get involved
   D. Roles and how long did he play them
   E. Attendance of meeting and describing them

X. Police involvement in meeting
   A. Anniston Police Department involvement
   B. Other city involvement with the police department

IX. Time served in jail
   A. Anniston being peaceful
   B. Family member participated in jail

[The original outline repeats “IX” here rather than “XI”; reproduced as written.]

XII. Family members taking part of marches
   A. Daughters and sons

XIII. Hold in President of NAACP
   A. Danger of it
   B. Family feeling toward the position

XIV. Things to change the past
   A. Movement
      (1) Changing people
   B. NAACP toward the change

XV. Accomplishment of president of NAACP
   A. Positive
   B. Negative

XVI. Martin Luther King, Jr.
   A. Coming to Anniston to participate in the marches

XVII. Todays black people having equal rights
   A. Blacks achieving their goals

XVIII. Young generation learning more

XIX. Segregation
   A. Resturants

XX. Discusing Bus Boycotting in Montgomery
   A. Blacks having jobs
   B. Supreme court

XXI. Migrating North

XXII. Things feel good about during civil rights movement
   A. Most gloriest moment

XXIII. Type of awards received in life
   A. Most important award

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.