- Collection:
- The Spelman Independent Scholars Oral History Project
- Title:
- Geneva Ivey Jackson, Newtown, October 6, 2013
- Date of Original:
- 2013-10-06
- Subject:
- African American women
Oral history
Environmental justice
African Americans--Civil rights - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Newtown, 34.02121, -84.26992 - Medium:
- moving images
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Geneva Ivey Jackson describes her childhood growing up on a farm. She talks about her favorite teachers and games she liked to play. There is some discussion of her children and their education as well. She offers her feelings about living through the Civil Rights movement and what she thought of Martin Luther King Jr. The interview ends with Jackson making a point to encourage the Spelman students to always stand up for themselves and respect their elders.
Oral histories of women from Newtown, an African-American neighborhood in Gainesville, Georgia, whose Florist Club members became vocal leaders for civil rights and community improvement. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.167:0051_01_1
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Spelman Independent Scholars Oral History Project||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:167
- Contributing Institution:
- Spelman College
- Rights:
-
