Interview with Verna Miller Smith, August 20, 2020

Collection: Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Oral History Project

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Description

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 discusses changes in Athens and highlights continued inequity.

This interview was recorded remotely.

Date

2020-08-20

Identifier

RBRL484MPBC-001-01

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Duration

126 minutes



Citation

Verna Miller Smith and Christian Lopez, “Interview with Verna Miller Smith, August 20, 2020,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed November 6, 2024, https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL484MPBC/RBRL484MPBC-001-01.

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