Bass, JackDe Vries, WalterSouthern Oral History ProgramUnited States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Samuels, Rita Jackson1974-04-30Rita Jackson Samuels, coordinator of the Governor's Council on Human Relations in Atlanta, Georgia, offers her thoughts on the changing racial dynamics of her home state. She gives the most attention to measuring the progress of African Americans in Georgia during her tenure and that of Governor Jimmy Carter. She also discusses at length the installation of a portrait of Martin Luther King in the state capitol, a move which she initiated, and describes its symbolic importance.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.text/htmltext/xmlaudio/mpegengForms part of Oral histories of the American South collection.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Women in politicsGeorgia--Politics and governmentAfrican American politicians--GeorgiaAfrican American womenWomen political activists--GeorgiaAfrican American women--GeorgiaGeorgia--Politics and government--1951-Oral history interview with Rita Jackson Samuels, April 30, 1974TextSound