BUTTERMILK BOTTOM RESIDENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE
JAMES HIRAM MALONE (March 24, 1930-April 9, 2011) “Cartoonist and graphic designer James Hiram Malone (1930 - 2011) was a retired graphic artist, cartoonist, writer, and painter. He was the founder and director of Laughing Trees, Inc., a non-profit, volunteer-oriented organization. Malone was an avid community activist, lobbyist, volunteer for Hosea's Feed the Hungry and Homeless Program, and a columnist for the crusading newspaper Street Beat. Malone was interviewed by The History Makers® on December 19, 2005, and December 7, 2005, in Atlanta, Georgia. This collection is comprised of the original video footage of the interview. Born on March 24, 1930, at the onset of the depression in Winterville, Georgia, to Ralph and Sarah Lena Echols Malone. His father (Malone Sr.) in 1932, moved the family to Atlanta’s Buttermilk Bottom with hopes of attaining a better life for Malone and his older brother, Ralph, Jr. With encouragement from his mother and an elementary school teacher, Malone began to express himself visually at an early age. FRED C. BENNETTE JR Fred C. Bennette Jr was born to Annie Mae (McDowell) and Columbus Bennette, Jr. on December 2, 1928, in Buttermilk Bottom, Atlanta. 287 He is a graduate of David T. Howard High School. 288 Upon graduation, he served in the US Army, earning the rank of sergeant while serving in World War II and the Korean War. 289 Upon his return to Atlanta, Bennette entered the Turner Theological Seminary at Morris Brown College. 290 He was known as “Le Commandante” when he was a member of the Atlanta Student Movement. 291
Fred Bennette Jr served as Director of Security for Dr. King during the civil rights movement until Dr. King’s assassination. Bennette was an advisor for the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) and a key organizer with many of their programs,
287 “Fred C. Bennette, Jr. Collection, 1965-1980,” https://snaccooperative.org/vocab_administrator/resources/7647751
288 “Bennette.”
289 “SCLC Newsletter,” vol.1, no. 6, April 1962.https://www.crmvet.org/docs/sclc/6204_sclc_newsletter.pdf Last accessed April 1, 2024.
290 SCLC Newsletter, 1962.
291 SCLC Newsletter, 1962.
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