- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Morris Dillard interview
- Creator:
- Dillard, Morris J.
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2005-10-11
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race discrimination
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Education
Politics & government--Georgia--Atlanta
Transportation
Transportation--Georgia
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
F. W. Woolworth Company
Atlanta Terminal Station (Atlanta, Ga.)
Providence Baptist Church (College Park, Ga.)
Rich's (Retail store)
Atlanta University Center (Ga.)
Atlanta Life Insurance Company (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Dillard, Morris J.
King, Lonnie C., 1936-
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- France, Île-de-France, Paris, 48.85341, 2.3488
United States, Alabama, Crenshaw County, Luverne, 31.71655, -86.26385
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383 - Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In the interview, Morris Dillard discusses his involvement in the Atlanta Student Movement. He discusses his initial limited role and how he eventually became more active as a demonstrator in Atlanta's Terminal Station and later as a Freedom Rider who traveled from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee. He also discusses some of the conflicts within the black community between the old and new leadership, recalling the tensions over the issue of strategy and tactics among the leaders. He ends the interview with his views about achieving equality.
Mr. Dillard was born in Luverne, Alabama. He attended high school in Alabama and graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.007.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/41
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/boCu_WefWLw
- 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:
- 1:00:37 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:
-
Morris Dillard interview
