Interview with Jean Reid, February 12, 2016

Jean W. Reid was born in 1935 in Griffin, Georgia and is the wife of the late Civil Rights activist Gary Reid. Jean Reid attended a segregated Fairmont High School, where she practiced cheerleading and was a majorette. In 1965, Reid participated in a boycott of Pomona Products after the unjust firing of a young African American man. In this interview, Reid describes her childhood, her and her husband’s work as activists, and her thoughts on integration and its effects on the Griffin community.

2016-02-10

RBRL418GAA-003

70 minutes