- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Xernona Clayton interview
- Creator:
- Clayton, Xernona, 1930-
Merritt, Carole - Date of Original:
- 2005-09-16
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
African Americans--Suffrage
Education
Religion
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.) - People:
- Clayton, Xernona
Craig, Calvin, 1928-
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Oklahoma, Muskogee County, Muskogee, 35.74788, -95.36969
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
United States, Texas, 31.25044, -99.25061 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Xernona Clayton discusses her upbringing in Muskogee, Oklahoma; the influence her father had on her perception of being black; and her school teachers as important parts of her growth. She discusses her work in Atlanta, Georgia, during the Civil Rights Movement and her relationship with the Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon in Atlanta, which is her hallmark for directly confronting bigotry and racism. Clayton ends the interview describing how she drove Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the airport for his flight to Memphis, Tennessee.
Xernona Clayton was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and attended college at Tennessee State in Nashville, Tennessee. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1960 and worked for a federally funded program called the Model Cities Program. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.004.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/57
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/uSkfTeT0LD0
- 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:
- 57:55 minutes
- Original Collection:
- MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
Xernona Clayton interview
