- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011-05-28
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Mosnier, Joseph
Jenkins, Willie Elliot, 1952-
Breaux, Toni, 1947-
Bennett, Geraldine Crawford - Date of Original:
- 2011-05-28
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights movements--Louisiana--Bogalusa
Discrimination in employment--Louisiana--Bogalusa
Deacons for Defense and Justice
Bogalusa Voters League
School integration--Louisiana--Bogalusa - People:
- Hicks, Robert, 1929-2010
Jenkins, Gayle, d. 2002
Jenkins, Willie Elliot, 1952- - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, Washington Parish, 30.85334, -90.04052
United States, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Bogalusa, 30.79102, -89.84869 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf - Description:
- Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins remember their mother and sister Gayle Jenkins, a leader of the civil rights movement in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They discuss their family history, how the family became involved in the movement, and Willie Jenkins' court case to integrate the public schools. They recall being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice, marching in local rallies, and memories of their late brother Don, who was also involved in the movement.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0018/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 8 video files of 8 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (82 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (57 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights: