- Collection:
- W. W. Law Collection
- Title:
- Interview with W. W. Law, Part 1 of 2
- Creator:
- York, Lisa
Kuhn, Cliff
Law, W. W. (Westley Wallace), 1923-2002 - Date of Original:
- 2001-12-27
- Subject:
- African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Savannah
Segregation in education--Georgia--Savannah
Georgia--Race relations--History--20th century
Georgia--Social conditions--20th century
Discrimination in education--Georgia
Discrimination in public accommodations--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.)
Swimming
Enslaved persons--Georgia
Slavery--Georgia
African American educators--Georgia--Savannah - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- moving images
oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- 00:00:37 - Audio Begins | 00:00:58 - The history of enslaved people in Georgia | 00:01:36 - History of W. W. Law's enslaved ancestors | 00:02:52 - The story of Law's African roots | 00:03:42 - The Cotton Exchange | 00:06:24 - Fuskie and Beaufort Islands | 00:08:06 - The Cotton Exchange Building | 00:12:23 - The Docks of the Savannah River | 00:14:18 - The oldest Black church in America | 00:15:46 - The river has always been a highway | 00:17:30 - The end of slavery | 00:18:59 - Education | 00:20:28 - The hospital for Blacks | 00:22:41 - The river and the life of Blacks | 00:24:26 - Do you know how to swim? | 00:26:42 - Grandmother did the laundry for White families | 00:27:43 - W. W Law's fifth grade teacher and his grandmother | 00:29:02 - W. W. Law's hunger for a Black education
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wwlaw_wwlaw-0001
- Digital Object URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/wwlaw_0001/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 video file (mp4) : 30 min., 15 sec., sd., col.
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
Interview with W. W. Law, Part 1 of 2
