- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Joseph and Alethea Boone interview
- Creator:
- Boone, Alethea and Boone, Joseph
Merritt, Carole - Date of Original:
- 2006-04-03
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Race discrimination
Education
Religion
Student movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Gammon Theological Seminary
Rush Memorial Congregational Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Talladega College
Houston Citizens College
Atlanta University
Southern Christian Leadership Conference - People:
- Boone, Alethea
Boone, Joseph E., 1922-2006
King, Lonnie C., 1936-
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
Sullivan, Leon Howard, 1922-2001
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Moss, Otis, Jr., 1935-
King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Calhoun County, 33.77143, -85.82603
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Polk County, Cedartown, 34.01123, -85.25593 - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Alethea Boone, the wife of Reverend Joseph Boone answers questions on his behalf about his life and involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Mrs. Boone talks about Reverend's upbringing in Atlanta, Georgia; his involvement in Rush Memorial Congregational Church, the Atlanta Student Movement, and in the desegregation of Atlanta public schools.
Joseph E. Boone was born in Cedartown, Georgia and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Houston Citizens College and subsequently Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.003.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/50
- Digital Object URL:
- https://youtube.com/embed/Rhp0ouUiLFk
- 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:
- 58:12 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:
-
Joseph and Alethea Boone interview
