- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Griffin, Willie James, 1974-
Jones, Mary A., 1933- - Date of Original:
- 2013-03-09
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Voter registration--Georgia
Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Georgia
School integration--Georgia--Albany - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf - Description:
- Mary Jones describes her childhood in Albany, Georgia, including the work she did as a child and her memories of school. Jones discusses learning about the Civil Rights Movement by reading the newspaper, and she describes her children's experiences as they entered white schools. After she joined the Albany Movement, she helped to register voters, participated in marches and boycotts, and joined the police committee to recruit African American police officers. She closes the interview by discussing the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0070/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (52 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (34 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
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