- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- George Coleman interview
- Creator:
- Coleman, George, 1922-2008
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2006-02-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
World War, 1939-1945
Race discrimination
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Education
Student movements--Georgia
Newspaper carriers--Georgia--Atlanta
Newspapers--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Daily World (Firm)
Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.)
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Rich's (Retail store)
World War II
Journalism
Race relations
Civil rights movements - People:
- Coleman, George, -2008
Scott, C. A. (Cornelius Adolphus), 1908-2000
Folkes, William - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, George Coleman recalls his experience as a police reporter for the Atlanta Daily World. He begins his interview describing his childhood and living in a segregated neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia and graduating from Booker T. Washington High School in 1939. He talks about enlisting in the armed services and attending Hampton Institute before returning to Atlanta during the height of racial segregation in the South. George Coleman ends his interview with an assessment of the Atlanta Daily World and recites the end of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, Ulysses.
George Coleman was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1922. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and then attended Hampton Institute. He enlisted in the army in 1941 and after being discharged attended the school of journalism at Lincoln University in Missouri. After graduation he secured a job at the Atlanta Daily World as a police reporter. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.005.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/40
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/a9CDpnqnMyA
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:09:57 hours
- Original Collection:
- MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
George Coleman interview
