Interview with Scott Killian, October 9, 2023

Scott Killian was born in 1955 in Athens and grew up in the Morristown neighborhood of Athens and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1963, Killian was the first person to integrate Chase Street Elementary School and was one of the first five Black students to attend white schools in Athens during segregation. In this interview, Killian discusses his experience with integration and makes comparisons about how racism and integration differed in the North. He then talks about his life in Athens since moving back.

2023-10-09

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58 minutes