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Alverson was a native of Atlanta, Georgia who was born in 1907. He served as a Fulton County criminal court judge from 1952 to 1956 and superior court judge from 1956 to 1955. He passed away in 2002 at the age of 94 due to pneumonia. \u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eRuth Alverson was born on May 15, 1922. She was the wife of Luther Aaron Alverson. Ruth passed away on January 10, 2018, at the age of 95. \u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eHermione Alexander was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 30, 1922, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weil. She was the wife of Cecil Alexander, an architect and founder of Finch, Alexander, Barnes, Rothchild, and Pascal (FABRAP), an architectural firm. Hermione and Cecil had three children together, Herbert, Judith, and Doug. She was a graduate of Smith College, as well as a member of the Temple and the Standard Club. Hermione was heavily involved in civil rights in Atlanta, and organizations like the League of Women Voters, the American Jewish Committee, the National Council of Jewish Women, and so on. Hermione passed away on October 26, 1983, at age 61. \u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eThe interview beings with Ruth discussing how Hermi included her work throughout all of her social relations. She discusses her dedication to civil rights. Luther further iterates the discussion and talks about Hermi’s character. Luther reminiscences on how he, Ruth, Hermi, and Cecil would meet up together to talk. Ruth talks about Hermi’s relationship and devotion to her husband, Cecil. She goes on to discuss how she connected her humanitarian feelings to her social life. Luther expands on her role as the first woman commissioner. He details her achievements in the position for civil rights. Luther and Ruth detail her involvements in other organizations like the League of Women Voters and political campaigns. Ruth discusses the Committee for International Visitors. Luther talks about Hermi’s legacy as a builder of bridges between people. He notes her dedication to her friends and life. Ruth recalls a memory where she, Luther, Hermi, and Cecil went on a sailing trip. The two conclude by emphasizing her enjoyment of life and how she spread that love to others. \u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["https://archivesspace.thebreman.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/29078"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["Alexander, Hermione (1922 - 1983) (personal name)","Activist (topical term)","Civil Rights (topical term)","Juror Commissioner (topical term)","Feminism (topical term)","League of Women Voters (corporate name)","Politics (topical term)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAlverson, Luther and Ruth interviewed by Dorothy Cohen about Hermione \"Hermi\" Weil Alexander on April 11, 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther A. Alverson was a native of Atlanta, Georgia who was born in 1907. He served as a Fulton County criminal court judge from 1952 to 1956 and superior court judge from 1956 to 1955. He passed away in 2002 at the age of 94 due to pneumonia.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRuth Alverson was born on May 15, 1922. She was the wife of Luther Aaron Alverson. Ruth passed away on January 10, 2018, at the age of 95.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHermione Alexander was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 30, 1922, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Weil. She was the wife of Cecil Alexander, an architect and founder of Finch, Alexander, Barnes, Rothchild, and Pascal (FABRAP), an architectural firm. Hermione and Cecil had three children together, Herbert, Judith, and Doug. She was a graduate of Smith College, as well as a member of the Temple and the Standard Club. Hermione was heavily involved in civil rights in Atlanta, and organizations like the League of Women Voters, the American Jewish Committee, the National Council of Jewish Women, and so on. Hermione passed away on October 26, 1983, at age 61.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe interview beings with Ruth discussing how Hermi included her work throughout all of her social relations. She discusses her dedication to civil rights. Luther further iterates the discussion and talks about Hermi\u0026rsquo;s character. Luther reminiscences on how he, Ruth, Hermi, and Cecil would meet up together to talk. Ruth talks about Hermi\u0026rsquo;s relationship and devotion to her husband, Cecil. She goes on to discuss how she connected her humanitarian feelings to her social life. Luther expands on her role as the first woman commissioner. He details her achievements in the position for civil rights. Luther and Ruth detail her involvements in other organizations like the League of Women Voters and political campaigns. Ruth discusses the Committee for International Visitors. Luther talks about Hermi\u0026rsquo;s legacy as a builder of bridges between people. He notes her dedication to her friends and life. Ruth recalls a memory where she, Luther, Hermi, and Cecil went on a sailing trip. The two conclude by emphasizing her enjoyment of life and how she spread that love to others.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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Today is April the 11, 1988. I'm in the home of\nJudge Luther. Luther Alverson and his wife, Ruth Alverson. Judge Alverson is\njudge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial System. We are at ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=0.0,30.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"their home\non Rembrandt Road in Atlanta, Georgia. We are talking about Hermione Weil\nAlexander. This is part of the profile of Hermi for the Women of Achievement\nOral History Program that's jointly sponsored by the National ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=30.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Council of Jewish\nWomen and the American Jewish Committee. The program is called Women of\nAchievement. Tell me about Hermi in that light.\n\nR. ALVERSON: Really, I knew Hermi socially. Whatever she did, she included her\nwork that involved the community and the things ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=60.0,90.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that she cared about, which I\nthink were human relations, particularly in civil rights. She devoted herself to\nthose things. I believe that in her later years, she excluded things that did\nnot revolve around those issues. In fact, she told me one time that not too long\nbefore she died, that she had been invited to be on the theater board. I hate to\nsay this ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=90.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"because somebody might hear this that wanted her on that board and she\nwas mulling over this and she said, \"I don't think I will do that because it's\nnot one of those things that's doing something that I feel needs to be done.\"\nAlthough she appreciated that the theater's important to the community. She felt\nmore about the needs of people, their basic needs than their philosophic needs\nmaybe. She devoted herself to that ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=120.0,150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and went for that. She was a big party girl.\nShe liked to have a good time. She gave wonderful parties, and she had a great\nsense for living. A lot of times her parties were for causes, too. She was\ninvolved in the political business. She did a lot with politics, and she\nsupported candidates that she believed in that she thought would further the\ngood of the community in the way that she thought it should be done. Also, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=150.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I\nthink that toward the end of her life, in fact, she told me this one time that\nshe was not . . . I have to be careful how I say this, but she only wanted,\nmaybe that's too strong, that she wanted around her people who were caring and\nwho wanted to contribute to the community. She was not willing to give her time\nfrivolously, although she was sort of a frivolous ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=180.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"person. She was not willing to\ngive her time to just having a good time. She wanted it to matter.\n\nCOHEN: How do you think?\n\nL. ALVERSON: When I think of Hermi, I think of Hermi as being a very\naffectionate name. I think she was one of the sweetest, kindest persons I've\never known in all of my life. She was a lady of splendid character, and as Ruth\nhas said, she was rightly ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"interested in our community issues. She was vitally\ninterested in everything and everything that was good for our town and for our\nstate. It was like she was almost a universal person because she thought about\nthe whole world, and she thought about all the things that needed to be done to\nmake it a better world. In fact, our real friendship started a good number of\nyears ago, I would say probably 18, 20, 20 years ago, at least 20 years ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=240.0,270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"ago. We\nhad a small group at that time composed of Dr. Walter Buckingham, who was head\nof the School of Industrial Management at Georgia Tech, and his wife, and Don\nComstock and Mary Comstock and of course, Reeves Child Munson and Bubba Reeves.\n\nR. ALVERSON: Bubba Child.\n\nL. ALVERSON: I mean Bubba Child, not Bubba Reeves. Bubba Child and his wife and\nwe would ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=270.0,300.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"meet once a month, not for anything other than just stimulating\nconversation. We would not meet for dinner. We would meet after dinner at about\n8:00 in the evening, and we would talk about the issues of the day in the\nevening. Maybe a drink early in the evening. Dessert or something good that\nHermi would cook. We would rotated month and we'd meet in our home one ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=300.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"night. We\nwould meet on a Monday night once a month. We'd do that for years. We talked\nabout the issues of the day. Like Ruth said, it may be political, it may be\nhumanity, it may be world problems, it may be local problems. She had a very\ninquiring mind and a very energetic personality. She would just be radiant all\nthe time, smiled for everybody and just seemed to enjoy life ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=330.0,360.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"immensely. She was\njust absolutely one of the finest people that I've ever known in my life. She\nloved her husband. She loved her children. She loved . . . and she also loved\nmany, many people. Just what you might say, an outstanding person in every way.\nWe've also ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=360.0,390.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"belonged with Hermi and I'd say so, this meeting, of course,\nsomething that, you know, a great deal and was one of the most enjoyable\nrelationships with three other children I've had over the years, because we\nalmost feel like brothers and sisters. We're so close. I love them like brothers\nand sisters, really. Many wonderful, wonderful evenings that we can't forget.\nYes, very stimulating. 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The name of the university in ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=420.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Pittsburg, I\nthink, or even Philadelphia, one or the other. Anyhow, the remaining four\ncouples we continue to meet until Hermi's death. Since her death, we have not,\nwe have not met like we did before. We see Cecil and we have, of course, social\nand otherwise, but we just haven't gotten our group together. We just saw of\nstrayed away. 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ALVERSON: She ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=510.0,540.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"gave often, parties for political figures, people who are\nrunning for office that she thought were vital people to the community that she\nthought would contribute to the community that she thought had to be elected.\nShe gave parties for that. She gave and she gave many, many parties, for ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=540.0,570.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"causes.\nRight now, I can't remember exactly what, but always she was doing something for\nthe things that she believed in. She did little things like, she worked with\nsenior citizens, and I don't know exactly what she did, but I remember one\nnight, collecting, we had little baskets that we had used for flower\narrangements for some party we were giving. She carefully saved those baskets to\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=570.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"use for some kind of something that was happening with this group. She was\nalways, I think whatever Hermi did, that she, I think particularly toward the\nend of her life that she really thought about, is this something that is going\nto matter? She did not use her time, I feel, just to have a good time, that when\nshe was having a good time, she also was contributing to the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=600.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"community.\n\nCOHEN: Do you think that?\n\nL. ALVERSON: Oh, yes, indeed. In fact, I'd like to mention the fact that Hermi\nserved as the first woman commissioner, jury commissioner for the state of\nGeorgia after committing to serve on the jury. She did a wonderful job. She\nserved for a period of six years and getting the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=630.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"proper balance of all colors\nand creeds and everything else and the jury to serve on and the grand jury and\nalso to the pedicure. She had to go through the trouble. She led the group to,\nthe commission to select up to, you might say, 50,000 jurors to serve on the\ncourt during that period of time. 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But she\nfelt an obligation to do it and she did ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=690.0,720.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"it.\n\nL. ALVERSON: If, she accepted an obligation, she followed through. She was very\ntenacious. She was a person who, if you ask her, she said she knew she did it\nall to do it. Intelligent, very smart.\n\nCOHEN: You said that, when women could serve on the jury, would you elaborate a\nlittle bit on them?\n\nL. 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It was passed after I left and after a while\nworking in circles, because that's when ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=750.0,780.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that's when women.\n\nR. ALVERSON: You might tell Dot about when the bill passed, it doesn't relate to\nHermi. But it's an interesting story that might, somebody wanting to know about\nAtlanta history. Georgia history will find it interesting about . . .\n\nL. 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I somewhere along the along I\ndon't remember the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=840.0,870.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"exact date, but it required a great deal of work and a great\ndeal of effort. And it was a hard job. All right. She went on to say very I'm\nsure she can tell me whatever she was paid to charity since she was that kind.\n\nR. ALVERSON: We're talking about Hermi again.\n\nL. ALVERSON: I'm talking about Hermi now.\n\nCOHEN: How did Hermi receive that appointment?\n\nR. ALVERSON: The judge appointed her.\n\nL. ALVERSON: The judges . . .\n\nR. ALVERSON: Her friend recommended her.\n\nL. ALVERSON: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=870.0,900.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She had a friend on the court that recommended her. She was the\nonly one person. A little while later on, other women have served since that\ntime, but she was the first in the state of Georgia.\n\nCOHEN: Who was the friend?\n\nR. ALVERSON: Judge Alverson was, he believed in her. He thought she . . .\n\nL. ALVERSON: I'm a friend of the court and what I did there was a great service\nto our court. 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ALVERSON: That's when the jury list was expanded and now, it used to be that\nwe, if a person, an intelligent person was called for jury, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=930.0,960.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"he would be excused.\nNow, with the expanded list, they can't be. There are too many people there.\nThey can't just exclude those people that are knowledgeable or who are a threat\nto the case and others so. Now, that so many people are. In the old days it was\nnot as expanded as it is now. Is that not true?\n\nL. ALVERSON: Yes. Dot, may I tell you this? 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It did exist and existed right here\nin the city of Atlanta, which is supposed to be the living, I mean, the\nveritable beacon amount the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1050.0,1080.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"prejudiced from the whole state.\n\nCOHEN: Basically, what you're saying is that when Hermi came in as jury\ncommissioner, then she took a significant stand in ending discrimination with\nthe jury selection.\n\nL. ALVERSON: Absolutely. I said civil rights questioned, and that's what I\nmeant. She integrated and helped to integrate the jury system in the state,\ncity, and county and did so very effectively.\n\nR. ALVERSON: She did more than just that. 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Whereas it used to be\nthat there was, when you had a person, I think, isn't that not true Luther, when\nthere was a person that was educated ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1110.0,1140.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and intelligent that they would be struck,\nand they would take . . .\n\nL. ALVERSON: Lawyers primarily, they won't select jurors if they could lead.\nThat could sell them they won't be able to sell them on their idea and on their\nside of the case. For example, I don't know whether you are familiar with men\nwho have bow ties, if a man wears a bow tie, if your husband has to serve on the\njury tell him to wear a bow tie and he ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1140.0,1170.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"will not be selected on the jury.\n\nR. ALVERSON: If he doesn't want to serve.\n\nL. ALVERSON: Because you think this. You just think about the men that you know\nthat wear bow ties. You think of years of very stone-minded people. They have a\nposition. They have, they know what they think about it. No one can change their\nmind, really. 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They can sway people that are less educated and so\nforth easier than they can sway some really intelligent people.\n\nCOHEN: In light of that, how were the changes that Hermi instituted in the jury\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1200.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"selection process received by those people who were less liberal at that time?\n\nL. ALVERSON: They were put on the juror list, and they could have, for example,\nin a criminal case you at that time, in fact, now you have to have 42 people\nbefore you can strike a jury in a felony case. At that time, you had to have 48\npeople. 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ALVERSON: I remember one ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1260.0,1290.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"time some at a party, someone said, kidding Hermi\nabout being a do-gooder, and she laughed and said, \"Are you a do-batter?\" She\nalways had a response and a good humor, good natured response to whatever came up.\n\nCOHEN: Did she run into any obstacles within the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1290.0,1320.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"other . . .\n\nR. ALVERSON: Is that what you mean?\n\nCOHEN: Yeah.\n\nR. ALVERSON: I don't think she did, because . . .\n\nL. ALVERSON: No, Hermi was so persuasive. She was so effective, and we had Dr.\nBaco, we met him, he was a professor out at Atlanta University, a very wonderful\nperson. He served on the jury commission with Hermi. We got him on the jury\ncommission and got us some support and she ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1320.0,1350.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"managed to do it. Hermie was a very\nhighly persuasive person.\n\nR. ALVERSON: There are, what, five juror commissioners?\n\nL. ALVERSON: Six.\n\nR. ALVERSON: I think she . . .\n\nL. ALVERSON: There were six people, and they were elected for a six year term.\n\nR. ALVERSON: I think she worked effectively with all the people they, it was an\nera when, of good will I say.\n\nCOHEN: Now, jury commissioners are elected. They are . . .\n\nL. ALVERSON: Elected by the judges. Majority judges elect and they nominate ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1350.0,1380.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the\njury commissioners. They may serve a six-year term and they're paid only what\nthe jurors are paid for their jury service.\n\nR. ALVERSON: You might want to say it was a labor of love.\n\nL. ALVERSON: Is a labor of love, really because she probably, the only thing we\ndid for her . . .\n\nR. ALVERSON: She got a parking . . .\n\nL. ALVERSON: She got a parking space. That's about all.\n\nCOHEN: In today's world, that's a valuable profession.\n\nL. ALVERSON: It is out at Emory, isn't it? It surely is.\n\nCOHEN: That's ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1380.0,1410.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"true. There's no doubt that she obviously had an impact on the\ncourts in that area. What other areas particularly come to mind?\n\nR. ALVERSON: She, as I said, she always supported political candidates and I\nmean actively supported. She didn't just stand for them. 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I think her portfolio was water ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1470.0,1500.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"conservation, as I remember, that been\nat least 30 years ago. I didn't know her well then, but I remember her in those discussions.\n\nCOHEN: She was on the forefront in many areas.\n\nL. ALVERSON: Oh, yeah, sure. She loved everybody and everybody loved ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1500.0,1530.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"her.\n\nCOHEN: Ruth, as a social personal friend of Hermi, to what extent did she\nincorporate you into her concerns?\n\nR. ALVERSON: I don't know that . . . anymore than in conversation and in being a\npart of her ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1530.0,1560.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"parties and those kinds of things. We talked a lot and she, but I\nalways knew that she had her concerns. I didn't work with her in any of these\ngroups. I worked with the League of Women Voters, but we were a few years apart\nin our 30's with the League so I was not there when she was.\n\nL. ALVERSON: What about when you were working at American International\nInstitute? Do you remember . . . ?\n\nR. ALVERSON: Hermi was, they worked a little later. I worked in the League of\nInternational Visitors ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1560.0,1590.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a long time ago too. A lot of things I did were long ago.\n\nCOHEN: Tell me about the Committee for International Visitors.\n\nR. ALVERSON: It's a wonderful group that is primarily concerned with State\nDepartment visitors and they worked, did programs for international visitors and\nState Department visitors. You are asked to do a program when they come. The\nState Department sends you the name of the person and you do the program for\nthis ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1590.0,1620.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"person. Back when I was doing it, primarily, the State Department was\nsending people to Atlanta because of the civil rights program and Atlanta, so\nmuch was happening in Atlanta, but they sent visitors from all over the world\nhere, and that's primarily what they did. Now, later, Cecil was president of the\nInternational Visitors and that was not when I was on the board. I know she\nworked with ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1620.0,1650.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Cecil on that socially and doing things like that. I don't, she was\nnot there then, but she was always ready to take anybody and have them, a\nvisitor. They'd have them to dinner, which you always were at, looking for home hospitality.\n\nL. 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We'd once a month, it's sort of a philosophical--\nit's a big, big type of group that you might say that we had in our small group,\nbut a little more ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1680.0,1710.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"formal. Ours was an informal discussion group and that group\nwas more of a larger group composed of about 20 couples. Many of the similar\npeople interested in similar things. We would get together at least ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1710.0,1740.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"once a month\nthere. We would meet, not during the summer months, but we would meet each once\na month, you might say in September through June. We would not meet in July and August\n\nCOHEN: When Hermi's bridge was dedicated, there was there was a comment that was\nmade, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1740.0,1770.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and I'd like you to react to it if you would. It was Michael Lomax, I\nbelieve it was who said that the as they dedicated the bridge, they felt that it\nwas certainly ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1770.0,1800.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"very appropriate because Hermi was a builder of bridges between people.\n\nL. ALVERSON: As far as what we talked about it's true. That's just as true as it\ncould be. I remember she had Lomax, during his campaign she had enough to help\nhim. He was a very, very fine man. He's chairman of the county commissioner now.\nThey very, very ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1800.0,1830.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"happily dedicated that bridge to her.\n\nR. ALVERSON: I remember one time she had a close friend who said \"Hermi expects\nthe very best of her her and her friends give it to her.\" I think, in a way\ndon't you think that's true?\n\nL. ALVERSON: She was entitled to your very best and she brought out the very\nbest in all people.\n\nCOHEN: What was it in her that did that? What was it about her personality?\n\nL. 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ALVERSON: She vent out. she had a heart attack, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=1860.0,1890.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and she came out smiling. She\nhad cancer surgery. Came out smiling. It didn't damper her attitude, did not\ndamper her personality. It did not slow her down. For a little while. Only when\nshe was in the hospital. That's something . . .\n\nR. ALVERSON: I remember she asked us to go sailing with them on day. 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And she had a good time. I think that you talk about all the\nwonderful things she did, and you made me think of her as a study individual.\nShe was. She didn't wear that on her sleeve. It was not a banner she carried. It\nwas. And you know that whole slogan, The thing I grew up ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=2040.0,2070.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"with pretty is pretty\ngood and she was pretty does of this is. Luther.\n\nL. ALVERSON: She brought a lot of joy to our lives. I will tell you that. We had\nmany wonderful evenings together, all of us. Right. 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He said he was\nat this sort of festive occasion where everyone was having a wonderful time and\nquite a few people were there. He said he looked across the room, he said \"You\nknow, that girl over there, she has the most beautiful pair of legs that I've\never seen in all my life.\" Then he looked up and it was Hermi.\n\nR. ALVERSON: Also, Cecil, on one of their wedding anniversaries, gave her a\nwonderful ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=2130.0,2160.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/73","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"dress. A designer dress, a fabulous dress because she still wore the\nsame size, she wore on her wedding day.\n\nL. ALVERSON: That was 25 years later. 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I think that she, as I said earlier, someone said\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006#t=2250.0,2280.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/87898/file/181006/transcript/42053/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"she expected the best and she got it. People did become better people through\ntheir association with her because she just didn't tolerate anything.\n\nL. ALVERSON: Mediocrity.\n\nR. ALVERSON: That's right. Mediocrity. People did the best they could for her. I\nthink she was an example also for her family and for her friends. I think that\nwas her impact. 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