- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Sam Young, Jr., oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Young, Sam, 1950-
Griffin, Willie James, 1974- - Date of Original:
- 2013-03-09
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Georgia
African American farmers--Georgia--Interviews
Southwest Georgia Project
School integration-Georgia--Worth County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Worth County, 31.55151, -83.85088
- 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:
- Samuel J. Young, Jr., describes his childhood in Worth County, Georgia, during the 1950s. He recalls the racial violence that he witnessed and heard stories about as a child. After graduating high school he joined the Southwest Georgia Project. He helped to start a newspaper for the project and was also involved in the group's initiative to develop a self-sufficient farm to counteract discrimination against black farmers.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0066/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (42 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (25 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights: