- Collection:
- The Spelman Independent Scholars Oral History Project
- Title:
- Newtown, Toxin Town, circa 2009
- Date of Original:
- 2009
- 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:
- The video gives an overview of the topic of environmental racism as it relates to Newtown. Clips from the individual interviews of Faye Bush, Christine Hudson, Beatrice Hailey, and Elizabeth Westbrook are shown. The video ends with Bush asking President Obama to visit Newtown and see the environmental conditions of the community.
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.167:0052_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:
-
