- Collection:
- David Roberts Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Miles Greene Amos, June 26, 1973
- Date of Original:
- 1973-06-26
- Subject:
- Oral history
African Americans--Segregation
African Americans--Politics and government
Race discrimination
Lynching
African American business enterprises - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this interview, dated June 26,1973, David Roberts speaks to Miles Greene Amos, a pharmacist, who grew up in Atlanta during the turn of the early 20th Century. Amos speaks about his personal experiences involving racism, education, politics, and being the sole proprietor of a black-owned business. Amos includes information about lynching, the Ku Klux Klan, and the relationships between political parties of the African-American community. He also recalls prominent Atlanta individuals like Bishop Henry McNeil Turner.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.053:0004
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- David Roberts Oral History Collection||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:053
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
