- Collection:
- Anne Braden Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Mattie Jones, June 26, 1991
- Creator:
- Jones, Mattie
- Contributor to Resource:
- Fosl, Catherine
- Date of Original:
- 1991-06-26
- Subject:
- Women civil rights workers--Interviews
Civil rights movements--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)
Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville
Racism--Kentucky--Louisville
African American women civil rights workers--Interviews
Segregation in education--Kentucky--Louisville
Indiana University
University of Louisville
African American college students--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in public accommodations--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in employment--Kentucky--Louisville
United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Busing for school integration--Kentucky--Louisville
Communists--United States
Bombings--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Violence against--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in housing--Kentucky--Louisville
Civil rights demonstrations--Kentucky--Louisville
School integration--Kentucky--Louisville
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Kentucky--Louisville
Race relations
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations
Catholic schools--Kentucky--Louisville
African American students--Kentucky--Louisville
Education, Secondary--Parent participation--Kentucky--Louisville
Southern Conference Educational Fund
Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice
Childbirth--Kentucky--Louisville
Grandmothers--Kentucky--Louisville
Inspiration
Respect
Patience
Determination (Personality trait)--Kentucky--Louisville
United States--Race relations
Discrimination in the military--United States
United States--Armed Forces--African American officers - People:
- Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Jones, Mattie--Interviews
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
Scott, Lindsey - Location:
- United States, Indiana, Monroe County, 39.16092, -86.52314
United States, Indiana, Monroe County, Bloomington, 39.16533, -86.52639
United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Interview with Mattie Jones, June 26, 1991 conducted by Catherine Fosl.
Mattie Jones, a Louisville civil rights activist, was a close friend of Anne Braden. Jones describes how she experienced racial discrimination as a young African American in Louisville before and during the civil rights movement. She explains how she became an activist as a result of her experiences and describes her involvement in several organizations working for social justice. Jones talks how she met Anne Braden, began working with her and became her friend. She discusses Braden's character and her contribution to the community. Jones also talks about the state of race relations in the United States. - Metadata URL:
- https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7vx05x760k
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.
- Extent:
- 1 interview : [00:57:20]
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky
- Rights:
-
