Atlanta History Center. Kenan Research Center.

This collection consists of 36 interviews conducted during a six-month period in 2005 and 2006. The project, headed by Dr. Carole Merritt of the Atlanta History Center staff, collected audio and video tape the memories of individuals active in the Civil Rights Movement. This oral history program was developed as a means to expand the information regarding Civil Rights activities in Atlanta and in Georgia. Several sources, including the Georgia Humanities Council, funded the project. Staff members at the Atlanta History Center, working with Dr. Merritt, identified individuals within the Civil Rights movement that provided a unique perspective on the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Merritt scheduled and conducted all of the interviews. The staff of the James G. Kenan Research Center completed the transcribing and editing of the oral histories.