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Georgia Government Documentation Project. Atlanta's Black community and education oral history collection, 1978-1979.

Title: Atlanta's Black community and education oral history collection, 1978-1979.

The collection consists of oral history interviews pertaining to Atlanta's black community and education conducted by Vincent Fort from 1978-1979. The interviews mainly document the participation of African-American students from the universities and colleges within the Atlanta University Center in the 1960-1961 Atlanta sit-ins. Interviewees include Clarence Albert Bacote, Julian Bond, James Brawley, Donald Hollowell, Alton Hornsby, Lonnie King, Carolyn Long, Benjamin Elijah Mays, Lois Moreland, Harry V. Richardson, Margaret Rowley, Wendall Whalum, and Mary Ann Smith Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 14 audiotapes ; cassette.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727090 View

Bond, Julian, 1940-. Julian Bond oral history interview, 1979 Apr. 10.

Title: Julian Bond oral history interview, 1979 Apr. 10.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Julian Bond on April 10, 1979 in which he discusses his participation in Atlanta sit-ins; factors influencing Atlanta sit-ins; John Kennedy inaugural address; role of television; role of Martin Luther King; competition between black colleges/centers of higher education (Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Nashville); influence of existentialist philosophy; fears of the students; role of students' parents; academic allowances; role of university administration, professors; Appeal for Human Rights; "A Second Look at Atlanta"; attorneys used by students; role of Atlanta University Center presidents Mays, Manley, and Brawley; Committee on Appeal for Human Rights; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); and impact of sit-ins.

ArchivalResource: 1 audiotape ; cassette.Transcript (31 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727097 View

Brawley, James P., 1894-1985,. James P. Brawley oral history interview, 1979 Apr. 24.

Title: James P. Brawley oral history interview, 1979 Apr. 24.

The collection consist of an oral history interview with James P. Brawley on April 24, 1979 in which he discusses the Atlanta (Ga.) sit-ins; awareness of sit-ins; encouragement of sit-ins; Council of Presidents; advising students; publication of student statement; effects of statement; concern for the students; movement representative of all campuses; continuation of classes; advisory council at Clark College; James Felder; Bob Tucker; cooperation to minimize destruction; Clark College participation; Lonnie King; Ben Brown; Carolyn Long; Wilma Long; faculty viewpoint; response to leadership; making allowances for participation; student planning and communication; timing of sit-ins; education cases; 1948 Declaration of Universal Rights; cause and effect of sit-ins; student awareness; NAACP; progress through cooperation; "Burn Baby Burn"; results of desegregation; and liaison between faculty and students.

ArchivalResource: 1 audiotape ; cassette.Transcript (15 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38727102 View