noa_sohpcr_a-0077 a-0077 sohpcr noa yes Oral history interview with Rita Jackson Samuels, April 30, 1974 Samuels, Rita Jackson Bass, Jack De Vries, Walter Women in politics Georgia--Politics and government African American politicians--Georgia African American women Women political activists--Georgia African American women--Georgia Women political activists--Georgia Georgia--Politics and government--1951- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Carter, Jimmy, 1924- Samuels, Rita Jackson Rita 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. [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill. Southern Oral History Program University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library Oral histories of the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)) 2006 Transcripts Sound recordings Oral histories http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/A-0077/menu.html Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 57.9 kilobytes, 87.4 megabytes Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player MP3 format / ca. 87.4 MB, 00:47:44 Duration: 00:47:44 Forms part of Oral histories of the American South collection. 1974-04-30 Georgia 20090730 092345