Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Oral History Project

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Subject

African Americans--History

Description

The Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Oral History Project is a community collaboration initiated in 2020 by the Mt. Pleasant History Committee and the Russell Library, as part of the Athens, Georgia African American Oral History Initiative, to collect and preserve the modern history of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and its members, and to document the history of the Brooklyn and surrounding neighborhoods now located near Hawthorne Ave. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church is a historically Black Baptist church in Athens, Georgia founded in 1870.

Creator

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Publisher

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Date

2020-ongoing

Identifier

RBRL484MPBC

Coverage

Athens, Georgia

Interviews in this Collection (3):

(RBRL484MPBC-001-01)

Verna Miller Smith was born in 1946. She grew up on a family farm off  Brooklyn road in Athens, Georgia. In this interview, she discusses her family history and describes the Brooklyn neighborhood which was historically African American. She…

(RBRL484MPBC-002-01)

Reverend James Williams is the Church Historian for Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. He grew up in El Paso, Texas before moving to Elbert County, Georgia at age ten. In this interview, he focuses on his education. He compares his integrated school in…

(RBRL484MPBC-002-02)

Reverend James Williams is the Church Historian for Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. He grew up in El Paso, Texas before moving to Elbert County, Georgia at age ten. In this follow-up interview, he focuses on his time at the University of Georgia. He…

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