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Interview with Jon C. Greaves, Jr., 2014-09-20
Oswald, Heather Graham, Anne M. (1966- )
Oswald, Heather
Graham, Anne M. (1966- )
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Oral history interview with Jon C. Greaves, Atlanta and Cobb County resident, LGBT rights activist, and community organizer.
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Jon Charles Greaves, Jr. was born in 1957 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He graduated from Wabash College where he majored in philosophy with a concentration in psychology. Afterwards he worked in the retail industry and later was employed by PacTel Cellular. Greaves moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1983 where he began to get involved in LGBT organizations such as Friends Atlanta, as well as local Gay Pride events. Greaves has been involved in various community organizations since his teens, and as an adult has engaged in activism relating to civil rights, marriage equality, and local politics. He has served on the Lesbian and Gay Rights Chapter of the ACLU of Georgia and the Atlanta City Council's Lesbian/Gay Public Safety Task Force of the Public Safety Committee. He also set up and maintained the Georgia Anti-Violence Program hotline to collect instances of hate crimes committed against people in the LGBT community. In this interview, Greaves discusses his relationship with David Greer, co-parenting Greer’s nephew Cody, his relationship with Gary Thacker and Thacker’s suicide. Greaves also displays his collection of buttons documenting his participation in various organizations and events.
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2014-09-20, 2016-10-07T14:31:49Z
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Kennesaw State University Archives
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Gay rights -- Georgia -- Cobb County -- History., Video recordings, Cobb Citizens Coalition -- History., Cobb County (Ga.). Community Relations Council -- History., Gay activists -- United States., Oral histories., Cobb County (Ga.) -- History., Marietta (Ga.) -- History., Greaves, Jon C., Jr. (Jon Charles) (1957- ), Video recordings.
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Interview with Jon C. Greaves Jr., 2014-09-20, Kennesaw State University Archives Oral history project, 2014- , KSU/14/05/01/001, Kennesaw State University Archives