- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Clinton Warner, M.D. interview
- Creator:
- Warner, Clinton
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2005-08-16
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race discrimination
Race relations
Education
Politics & government--Georgia
Politics & government--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Daily World (Firm)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)
Emory University Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Inquirer (Firm)
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)
Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital
Atlanta Negro Voters League - People:
- Warner, Clinton E. (Clinton Ellsworth), 1924-2012
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Scott, C. A. (Cornelius Adolphus), 1908-2000
Holliman, Carl
Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
Smith, John - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789 - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Dr. Warner describes his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement after he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in the early 1950s. His direct involvement in the movement included the equalization of pay for black teachers and the treatment of black patients by medical professionals. Dr. Warner also recalls his perception of the tension between the old guard and the new leadership within the black community. He ends the interview with an optimistic note from British philosopher, Bertrand Russell.
Dr. Warner was born on the campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. His family moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas after his father received a job offer from Arkansas State College. The family moved back to Georgia when his father was hired as a high school principal in LaGrange and his mother was hired as an English teacher at the same school. Dr. Warner enrolled at Morehouse College at the age of 15. He was drafted into the United States Army during World War II and served three years. He enrolled in medical school in Tennessee after being discharged and interned at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He returned to Atlanta, with his wife, from St. Louis, Missouri in the early 1950s. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.031.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/67
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/rsOEV2ZJ-Xo
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:02:37 hours
- Original Collection:
- MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
Clinton Warner, M.D. interview
