Mr. Ben Mitchell

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Collection:
Happiness & hard times
Title:
Mr. Ben Mitchell
Creator:
Mitchell, Ben
Haygood, Twila
Date of Original:
1973
Subject:
Savannah (Ga.)--History--20th century
Savannah (Ga.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Depressions--1929--Georgia--Savannah
Agriculture--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah (Ga.)--Race relations
African Americans--Georgia--Savannah--Interviews
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Georgia--Savannah
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Savannah
Location:
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
Medium:
oral histories (literary works)
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Description:
He is now 65 years old, but Mr. Mitchell came to Savannah during the Depression years as a young man to find construction work. "Yeah and railroad in the area as a young man. Work on Southern railroad and the Coastline railroad... It was hard work but I was a young man."
Metadata URL:
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/happiness-lane/17/
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)
Rights:
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