- Collection:
- Southern Journey Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Georgia - Atlanta: Andrew Young and Tom Dent presentation at Atlanta History Cente
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dent, Thomas C.
- Date of Original:
- 1997-05-31
- Subject:
- African Americans
Civil rights
Education
Riots
Demonstrations
Suffrage - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789
United States, North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, 35.99403, -78.89862
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
United States, South Carolina, Orangeburg County, Orangeburg, 33.49182, -80.85565
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327 - Medium:
- sound recordings
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Tom Dent and Andrew Young give a presentation in the Atlanta History Center. Dent is introduced by a speaker and discusses his book, Southern Journey, after its publication. He explains the premise, method, time line and necessity of the book. Dent then discusses his relationship with Andrew Young, their childhood friendship and their joint projects through time. Young takes the stage and discusses his book, issues with the publishers and the time period in which it was published. Young touches on the difficulty in discussing economic issues for fear of being labeled a communist. He discusses the Poor Person's Campaign under Martin Luther King, its necessity and the connections it forged between races. He also discusses the vital and novel nature of Dent's book in vocalizing the narratives of the "smaller" people who made Civil Rights possible. He states that the history of the movement would be incomplete without it. Dent then reads a section of the prologue of his book. They then take question from the audience. A woman asks about the attitude of Blacks from the rural towns that Dent visited towards outsiders pushing Civil Rights issues. She states that her family in the region voiced resentment towards these outsiders. Dent responds that it was not resentment but fear, fear of consequences and White retaliation. Nevertheless, he states, there were many natives of these towns who became active and vital converts to the broader Civil Rights movement. Young recollects his parents' resistance to his return to South and get involved in Civil Rights due to a similar fear. A man in the audience asks Dent to give a brief synopsis of some of the more vital "little" people that his book covers. Dent discusses Nelson Johnson, Dr. Gibbs, The Charleston Sit-Ins and The Houston Riots. Another man asks about Dent's work in Durham. Dent states that Durham had a larger population of middle class Blacks, affording them a little more security and confidence to get involved in Civil Rights.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane:54083
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
- Rights:
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