- Collection:
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Rita Jackson Samuels, April 30, 1974
- Creator:
- Samuels, Rita Jackson
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bass, Jack
De Vries, Walter
Southern Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 1974-04-30
- Subject:
- Women in politics
Georgia--Politics and government
African American politicians--Georgia
African American women
Women political activists--Georgia
African American women--Georgia
Georgia--Politics and government--1951- - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Samuels, Rita Jackson - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- transcripts
sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- text/html
text/xml
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Rita Jackson Samuels, coordinator of the Governor's Council on Human Relations in Atlanta, Georgia, offers her thoughts on the changing racial dynamics of her home state. She gives the most attention to measuring the progress of African Americans in Georgia during her tenure and that of Governor Jimmy Carter. She also discusses at length the installation of a portrait of Martin Luther King in the state capitol, a move which she initiated, and describes its symbolic importance.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/A-0077/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- Duration: 00:47:44
- Contributing Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)
- Rights:
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