David Roberts oral history collection
Oral history interviews of Atlanta's African American community conducted by Roberts, an Atlanta University student, in the summer of 1973
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Creator
Roberts, David
Date of Original
1973
Subject
African American universities and colleges
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Folklore
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Amos, Miles G., 1898-1995
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations
Carter, Leona Florence, 1887-
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Flanagan, Thomas Jefferson
Georgia--Social life and customs.
King, Martin Luther
McKenzie, Mary J. Todd
Murphy, Josephine H. Dibble
Nash, Homer E.
Parker, Henrietta White
Parks, Andrew Walter
Social integration--Georgia
Wallace, Bertie
Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium
interviews
Type
Sound
Description
The David Roberts oral history collection was created by Roberts, an Atlanta University student, in the summer of 1973. The interviews were for a history seminar taught by Dr.Clarence Bacote (HIS 406: Introductory Graduate Course in United States History). Roberts interviewed members of Atlanta’s African American community who were born in the late 19th century. Most of the subjects were Georgia natives and a few were graduates of Atlanta University Center schools. He asked them to discuss their memories of various prominent African Americans and events, as well as living conditions for African Americans in the first half of the 20th century. He generally asked them the same questions and let them elaborate at will. He was especially interested in segregation and race relations, and asked about the way African Americans were treated in the justice system, hospitals, and in the workplace. He also asked about their memories of Atlanta specifically, including the riot of 1906, Ku Klux Klan visits, and Booker T. Washington High School, the first high school for African Americans in Atlanta.
Language
eng
Original Collection
David Roberts oral history collection, http://findingaids.auctr.edu/repositories/2/resources/75
Contributing Institution
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
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