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Johnny Parham interview

Collection:: Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
Title:: Johnny Parham interview
Creator:: Parham, Johnny
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
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Education
African Americans
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
Law enforcement--Georgia--Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)
Urban League
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Sprayberry's Cafeteria
William A. Harris Memorial Hospital
Atlanta University Center (Ga.)
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Morris Brown College
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
People:: Parham, Johnny
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
Young, Whitney M.
Puryear, Mylon
King, Lonnie C., 1936-
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Jenkins, Herbert T.
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Clement, Rufus
Mack, John
Wright, Marian
Smith, Mary Ann
Felder, Jim
Moss, Otis, Jr., 1935-
Brown, Ben
Nash, Diane
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
King, A. D., 1930-1969
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
Location:: United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, 40.73566, -74.17237
United States, New York, 43.00035, -75.4999
United States, North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, 35.99403, -78.89862
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
Type:: MovingImage
Format:: video/mp4
Description:: In this interview, Johnny Parham recalls his involvement in the Atlanta Student Movement and with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a Morehouse College and Atlanta University student. His involvement in the movement consists of marches and sit-ins at local Atlanta restaurants, and includes representing Atlanta University on The Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR). Parham ends the interview by discussing his account of the March 1960 sit-in at Sprayberry Cafeteria in Atlanta, and by describing the current challenges within African American communities throughout the United States.
Johnny Parham was born at William A. Harris Memorial Hospital (African American hospital) in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother was a licensed practical nurse and his father a dining car attendant for Seaboard Airline Railroad. He graduated from Morehouse College with a degree in political science and history and a minor in secondary education.
Local Identifier:: VIS 180.021.001
Metadata URL:: http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/62
Digital Object URL:: https://www.youtube.com/embed/f9fOjnquGV4
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:: 1:28:18 hours
Original Collection:: MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
Contributing Institution:: Atlanta History Center
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