- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Julia Matilda Burns oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula, Mississippi, 2013-03-13
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dittmer, John, 1939-
Burns, Julia Matilda, 1938- - Date of Original:
- 2013-03-13
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights movements--Mississippi
African American civil rights workers--Mississippi--Interviews
Mississippi Freedom Project
School integration--Mississippi--Holmes County
African American teachers--Mississippi--Interviews - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Holmes County, 33.12351, -90.09205
United States, Mississippi, Holmes County, Tchula, 33.1829, -90.22286 - 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:
- Julia Matilda Burns describes her experience in segregated schools in Humphreys County, Mississippi, where she grew up. After becoming a teacher at Marshall High School in Belzoni, Mississippi, she began to take notice of the Civil Rights Movement, but her involvement was limited because she did not want to lose her job. Burns describes protests by whites against school desegregation in Tchula, Mississippi, and her experiences as a teacher in Tchula. She also discusses her successful election for a position on the school board and the work she accomplished during her tenure.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0073/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (40 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights:
-