- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Lonnie King interview
- Creator:
- King, Jr., Lonnie, C. 1936-
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2005-11-21
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race discrimination
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Religion
Sports
Politics & government--Georgia--Atlanta
Navies--United States
Howard High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Southern Bakery Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)
Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Ebenezer Youth Organization
Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Spelman College
Atlanta Life Insurance Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Daily World (Firm)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Rich's (Retail store)
Dinkler Plaza Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
Citizens Trust Bank (Atlanta, Ga.)
Providence Baptist Church (College Park, Ga.)
Atlanta Journal (Firm)
Atlanta Constitution (Firm)
New York Times (Firm)
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Empire Real Estate Board
Atlanta Negro Voters League
Rush Memorial Congregational Church (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- King, Lonnie C., 1936-
King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
Johnson, Mordecai
Calloways, Bill
Alexanders, Tim
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Walker, Rosalyn Pope
Calhoun, John H., 1900-1988
Young, Whitney M.
Martin, E. M.
Pennington, Maurice
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Lane, Mills B. (Mills Bee), 1912-1989
Hartsfield, William Berry
Rich, Richard, 1901-1975
Neely, Frank
Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Calhoun County, Arlington, 31.4399, -84.72492 - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Lonnie King describes his experiences in the Navy, especially in terms of racial discrimination. He discusses the Appeal for Humans Rights statement (1960) and how he played a significant role in the formation of the Atlanta Student Movement. King chronicles the birth of the Atlanta Inquirer Newspaper. He addresses the negative reaction of the black college presidents to the students spearheading the movement, believing the NAACP should have provided the leadership role in the movement. He recalls the strong support of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company’s staff to the Civil Rights Movement.
Lonnie C. King, Jr. became a civil rights activist as a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta. He later served as the head of the Atlanta branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the early 1970s. In that role, he was instrumental in negotiating a compromise that rejected school busing in return for the hiring of Atlanta’s first black school superintendent, Alonzo Crim, and the appointment of African American members to the Board of Education. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.018.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/54
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/o78jctJTSo4
- 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:
- 1:45:35 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:
-
Lonnie King interview
