- Collection:
- UGA Black Alumni Oral History Project, 2019-2020
- Title:
- Janis Ware interviewed by Ashley Carter, 27 September 2019.
- Creator:
- Ware, Janis
Carter, Ashley - Date of Original:
- 2019-09-27
- Subject:
- University of Georgia
African American college students
African American students
Students - People:
- Ware, Janis
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this interview Ware discusses why she enrolled at UGA and what her student experience was like academically and socially.
Janis Ware is the publisher of The Atlanta Voice, a newspaper serving the city's African American community since 1966. She is also the Executive Director of SUMMECH Community Development Corporation, an organization that works to build affordable housing for first-time home buyers in Atlanta's Mechanicsville neighborhood. Ware graduated from the University of Georgia's College of Business Administration in 1977, becoming one of the first African American women to do so. She is an Atlanta native and an alumna of Booker T. Washington High School.
Interviewed by Ashley Carter. - Metadata URL:
- https://purl.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/har-ua20-002_0003/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Hargrett Library.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- UGA Black Alumni Oral History Project, UA20-002_003, University Archives, University of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 sound recording (ca. 34 min.) : digital, stereo
- Original Collection:
- UGA Black Alumni Oral History Project
http://sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/UA20-002.xml - Contributing Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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