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First Person Project
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
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The First Person Project was launched by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies in 2012 to record and preserve stories of life in post-twentieth century Georgia. Modeled roughly on StoryCorps, the First Person Project is smaller in scale but similar in concept--an oral history program designed to capture the stories of everyday Georgians. Interviewees are self-selecting. Pairs of friends or loved ones register to participate in the First Person Project on a designated day, and the conversation (up to forty minutes) is facilitated and recorded by Russell archivists. <br /><br />The First Person Project collects personal narratives and oral histories documenting life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Interviews are usually between two friends or family members and typically focus on personal stories such as relationships and family histories. Interviews also touch on larger historical and cultural themes such as racial identity, religion, environmental history, gay rights, the death penalty, and life in Athens and in Georgia.<br /><br />The First Person is divided into five series. <br /><a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=I.+Georgia+Narratives">I. Georgia Narratives</a><br /><a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=II.+Americus,+Georgia">II. Americus, Georgia </a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Americus, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Americus, Ga., at the Lee Council House in December 2013. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority.</div>
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<div style="margin-left:2em;">Hawkinsville, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Hawkinsville, Ga., at the Hawkinsville Dispatch & News building in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library and the UGA Archway Partnership.</div>
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<div style="margin-left:2em;">Plains, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Plains, Ga., at the Plains Historic Inn in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority.</div>
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<div style="margin-left:2em;">Beech Haven, Athens, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Athens, Ga., through a partnership between the Russell Library and Dr. Cari Goetcheus, College of Environment and Design, UGA.
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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RBRL324FPP
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Georgia
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Americus, Georgia
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30 minutes
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5.4
2013-12-03
Interview with Willie Green Cutts, December 3, 2013
RBRL324FPP-0026
30 minutes
RBRL324FPP
First Person Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Willie Green Cutts
Angie Singletary
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Childhood Experiences
Mr. Cutts, we're glad...
Willie Green Cutts was born in De Soto, GA and was raised by his grandparents. He discusses walking five miles to school and his grandmother's job as a midwife when he was ten years old. He explains that his grandmother only had one child, but she raised many children.
Lee County, GA
286
Education/ Spiritual Experience
So, you talked about walking...
Cutts explains that he attended school until third grade, and later worked plowing mills and occasionally sang for entertainment in Atlanta. He details a spiritual experience in a field that assured him even without an education that he would work things out.
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (song);Atlanta, Ga
518
Work Experiences
I got old enough...
Cutts recalls being granted generous loans and eventually was able to farm five thousand acres. He mentions receiving a call form Senator Talmadge to come to Washington, where he was the only Black man working on a committee. After a few bad farming years, he discusses opening a restaurant, which he's ran for twenty years.
Bank of Commerce;Cutts Restaurant;De Soto, GA;Herman E. Talmadge;Washington, DC
841
Family and Work
What about family...
Cutts discusses his family life and meeting his wife. He explains leaving school to help his grandfather on the farm, and his experience with singing. He shares that, though money was tight, he's been blessed.
Cutts Restaurant;De Soto, GA;Martha Fish Cutts
1190
Farming and Valuable Experiences
Now, it was hard work...
Cutts details the work he did on the farm working long hours and shares a few particular experiences on the farm. He also recalls his one experience getting drunk on whiskey and the lessons he learned throughout his life.
De Soto, GA
1486
Closing Remarks
State Trooper...
Cutts recalls a memory of getting pulled over for speeding and how lessons from his childhood have helped him in adulthood. He recalls his grandmother's parenting style and agrees that he has tried to instill the same lessons she taught him in his children and grandchildren.
De Soto, GA
oral history
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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II. Americus, Georgia
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RBRL324FPP-0026
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Interview with Willie Green Cutts, December 3, 2013
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Willie Green Cutts
Angie Singletary
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2013-12-03
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African Americans--History
African American business enterprises
Business enterprises
Restaurateurs
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Georgia
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Willie Green Cutts talks about being raised by his grandmother and helping his grandfather with farming rather than finishing school. He discusses working as an entertainer, his experience as a farmer, and how he acquired his land. Cutts also shares some of his most valuable life experiences and lessons, such as being invited to sit in on a Senate committee meeting and a spiritual awakening. <br /><br/><br/>This interview is part of the <a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=II.+Americus,+Georgia">Americus, Georgia</a> series.
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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4 2014-06-25 Interview with Homer Wilson, June 25, 2014 RBRL361AOHP-001 RBRL361AOHP Athens Oral History Project AOHP 001 Interview with Homer Wilson finding aid Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Homer Wilson Alexander Stephens 0 Kaltura audio < ; iframe id=" ; kaltura_player" ; src=" ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1727411/sp/172741100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/26879422/partner_id/1727411?iframeembed=true& ; playerId=kaltura_player& ; entry_id=1_w5mv9psf& ; flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical& ; flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false& ; flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder& ; flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true& ; & ; wid=1_w6xnazuw" ; width=" ; 400" ; height=" ; 285" ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen frameborder=" ; 0" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; English 0 Interview introduction Alright, it is June 25th, 2014. We are in the Special Collections Library at the University of Georgia in Athens. Stephens and Wilson introduce themselves. 31 Early life and family So, to start with, I, I want to start from the beginning, I guess, uh, for you, which is--could you tell me when and where you were born? Wilson talks about growing up in a big family. He discusses learning to cut hair at an early age and his parents' work. He mentions his father's time singing in gospel groups, once singing with James Brown. 1940s ; 1950s ; Agriculture ; Athens, Georgia ; Augusta, Georgia ; Colbert, Georgia ; Dry cleaner ; Gospel music ; Madison County ; Orangeburg, South Carolina ; Parris Island, South Carolina ; Radio ; Railroad ; Runways ; Rural ; Social Security 324 Going into town, Hot Corner So, coming from Madison County, when y'all went into town--where did you go? Where was town for you? Wilson describes the experience of going into downtown Athens as a child. He talks about the vibrancy of Hot Corner in the 1940s and 1950s. 5 & ; 10 Cent Stores ; African American ; Athens, Georgia ; E.D. Harris Drug Company ; Funeral home ; Hot Corner ; Kurd market ; McClellan's ; Morton Theatre ; Woolworth's 604 Education and early work So, how about, uh, going back to Madison County, uh, where you were living--what schools did you attend while you were growing up there? Wilson talks about the schools he attended from elementary school to the forestry program at Fort Valley State College. He explains how he got started cutting hair at his father's barber shop on Hot Corner in Athens. 1960s ; Barber shop ; Colbert, Georgia ; Forestry ; Fort Valley State College ; Madison County ; Segregation ; Snakes ; Southside High School ; Waggoners Grove Baptist Church 795 Starting Wilson's Styling Shop and Wilson's Soul Food So, when did your father start working there at the barber shop? Wilson explains how his parents started their businesses and discusses the establishments that preceded them. 1950s ; 1960s ; 1963 Chevrolet ; Cooking ; Ed Gillam ; Gillam's Barber Shop ; Lizzie Wade ; M.C. Wilson ; Otis Haynes Sr. 1034 Civil rights movement in Athens Okay, well, going back to uh--going back to 1960 when you started working at the Shop, uh, still in high school--what was going on in Athens at that time? Wilson discusses the marches and sit-ins in downtown Athens. He explains why he did not participate directly in the protests and describes how he and his family supported the movement, including by feeding demonstrators. Athens, Georgia ; Civil rights movement ; Demonstrations ; Freedom struggle ; J.C. Penney ; Kress's ; M.C. Wilson ; Non-violence ; Otis Haynes ; Segregation ; Wilson's Soul Food ; Woolworth's 1250 Surviving white supremacy Did y'all worry at all about any backlash from people who were in opposition to the movement? Wilson discusses how elders taught young people in black communities to survive the threats posed by violent white supremacists. He mentions a KKK demonstration near Monroe and recounts a painful encounter with a white store clerk. Civil rights movement ; Clarke County ; Highway 78 ; Ku Klux Klan ; M.C. Wilson ; Madison County ; Monroe, Georgia ; Oconee County ; Police ; Racism ; Segregation ; Terrorism ; Wilson's Styling Shop 1761 1960s Hot Corner and Wilson's There was a lot going on in Athens--uh, demonstrations, the university was being, uh, integrated. Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were there. What did Hot Corner feel like--at that point? What was the vibe? Wilson describes the mood in Athens during the civil rights movement. He talks about Hot Corner as a " ; mecca" ; for black commerce and the significance of owning a business there. He discusses the evolution and growth of the family business. Apex Beauty College ; Atlanta, Georgia ; Bronner Brothers ; Brown's Barber College ; Civil rights movement ; Cosmetology ; Police ; Supermarkets ; Wilson's Styling Shop 2166 Neighboring Hot Corner businesses Was there any competition with any of the other barber shops in town? Wilson lists some of the businesses located at Hot Corner and talks about their relationship with other business owners. Brown's Barber Shop ; E.D. Harris Drug Company ; Ida Mae Hiram ; Jack Lumpkin ; Mack and Payne Funeral Home ; Manhattan Cafe ; Morton Theatre ; Mrs. Wade ; Otis Haynes Sr. ; Pool room ; Roebuck's Barber Shop 2354 Businesses leave Hot Corner So, you said that you--I think you said you wish some of those businesses would have hold--held on longer. Um, when did--when did things start to change? Wilson discusses the migration of businesses from downtown Athens to planned shopping centers. He explains why he shares his father's preference for staying downtown. M.C. Wilson ; Malls ; Migration ; Wilson's Plaza 2554 Civic roles of church and barber shop Did--do, do you remember the urban renewal period in the '60s, '70s? Wilson discusses the importance of churches and barber shops in local politics and their roles as information centers. Athens Country Club ; Politics ; Urban renewal ; Wilson's Styling Shop 2718 M.C. Wilson and Sen. Richard Russell Mr. Wilson, you mentioned that your father knew Senator Russell. Um, did he come to the shop? Or--how did your dad know Senator Russell? Wilson describes how his father met Senator Richard Russell. Barbeque ; Fundraising ; M.C. Wilson ; Quartet ; Richard B. Russell ; Winder, Georgia 2866 Changes and constants on Hot Corner So--just to clarify, you moved in--your family moved from Colbert into Athens in the '60s? Wilson talks about changes in Athens since his family moved there. He describes the enduring spirit of Hot Corner. He discusses the decision to close the family restaurant and their relationships with new businesses. Athens, Georgia ; Brooklyn neighborhood ; Faith ; Hawthorne Avenue ; Hot Corner Festival ; Hull Street ; Joey Tatum ; Little Kings Shuffle Club ; Manhattan Cafe ; Mrs. Wade ; Renovation ; The World Famous ; Wilson's Soul Food 3333 Importance of service/Future of Hot Corner Um, you said that you would never sell the building. And I know, uh, the Wade family still owns the building that the Manhattan's in. Wilson talks about his relationship with his father and his interest in continuing to serve customers on Hot Corner. He discusses downtown Athens, the Hot Corner Association, and his goals to share their history and promote minority entrepreneurship. Athens, Georgia ; Black-owned businesses ; Classic Center ; Hot Corner Association ; M.C. Wilson ; Washington Street 3803 Partnership with UGA Is there anything that I haven't asked you that I should have? Or anything that you particularly want to talk about that I haven't brought up? Wilson expresses his hope that the Hot Corner Association will be able to collaborate with the University of Georgia to work towards their goals. Interview concludes. Resources ; Russell Library ; UGA Oral History No transcript. Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule. audio 0 http://ohms.libs.uga.edu/viewer.php?cachefile=russell/RBRL361AOHP-001.xml RBRL361AOHP-001.xml http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP/findingaid http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-001/findingaid 0
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67 minutes
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Athens, Georgia
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Interview with Homer Wilson, June 25, 2014
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RBRL361AOHP-001
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2014-06-25
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African Americans--History
African American barbers
African American business enterprises
Discrimination
Business enterprises
Politics and Public Policy
Athens Black History
United States--Civil rights
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Homer Wilson grew up in Madison County. He earned a certificate in forest from Fort Valley State College. In this interview, he discusses how he began working in his father’s barbershop, Wilson’s Styling Shop, in downtown Athens, Georgia. He talks about helping found the Hot Corner Association to share the history of the Hot Corner business district and promote minority entrepreneurship in downtown Athens.
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Homer Wilson
Alexander Stephens
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Athens, Georgia
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Athens Oral History Project
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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4 2014-07-23 Interview with Archibald Killian, July 23, 2014 RBRL361AOHP-003 RBRL361AOHP Athens Oral History Project AOHP 003 Interview with Archibald Killian finding aid Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Archibald Roosevelt Killian Alexander Stephens 0 http://youtu.be/80T9DcGoo5o Kaltura video < ; iframe id=" ; kaltura_player" ; src=" ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1727411/sp/172741100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/26879422/partner_id/1727411?iframeembed=true& ; playerId=kaltura_player& ; entry_id=1_ytw90s2c& ; flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical& ; flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false& ; flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder& ; flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true& ; & ; wid=1_9u5gvi0j" ; width=" ; 400" ; height=" ; 285" ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen frameborder=" ; 0" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; English 0 Interview introduction It is July 23rd, 2014. We are in the Russell Library--the Special Collections Library in Athens, Georgia. Stephens and Killian introduce themselves and the topics for the interview. 38 Early life / Time in Boston / Military service Um, so to start with you, could you just say when and where you were born? Killian discusses his time away from Athens after graduating high school. He talks about attending business school in Boston and serving as a military police officer in the Air Force. 1950s ; Athens, Georgia ; Bitburg, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts ; Burdett School of Business ; Conscription ; Fort Gordon ; Harris Street ; U.S. Air Force ; W.T. Grant Co. 500 Time in California, deciding to return home After the passing of time--came back home, got married, moved to California. Killian discusses his time in Los Angeles and why he made the decision to return home to Athens with his wife and brother. Alfred Killian ; Athens, Georgia ; Boston University ; California State University, Northridge ; Ebenezer Baptist Church, West ; Los Angeles City College ; Post office ; U.S. Postal Service 654 Killian's restaurant / UGA desegregation So, Alfred and I came back, went to Athens Federal, got the money I needed to do what we wanted to do, and we opened up--really, I think Mr. Wilson will attest to it--we had the best restaurant in Athens, white or colored. Killian talks about starting his restaurant with his brother, Killian's Four Seasons. He mentions the role of Wilkins Industries in boosting incomes in local black communities. He discusses hosting Hamilton Holmes, facing threats from the KKK, and strategies of nonviolence and self-defense. Athens, Georgia ; Caste and Class in a Southern Town ; Center Meyers Dormitory ; Charlayne Hunter-Galt ; Constance Baker Motley ; Desegregation ; Donald Hollowell ; Hamilton Holmes ; John Dollard ; Ku Klux Klan ; Martin Luther King, Jr. ; Morehouse College ; Nonviolence ; Stitchcraft ; University of Georgia ; Walter Danner ; Wilkins Industries 1250 Relationships with white service members in Air Force Well, and you had served in the military. And you'd lived in Boston and Los Angeles, so when you came back to Athens I would think that those experiences affected the way you saw things. Killian describes friendships with white servicemen in spite of coming from segregated communities in the South. Cullman, Alabama ; ETO ; European Theater of Operations ; John C. Tanner ; U.S. Air Force 1438 Nonviolence, self-defense / Athens sit-ins So did that, did that experience--particularly risking your life with and for white people--how did that play into your decision when you were housing Hamilton Holmes to, to stand up? Killian discusses his willingness to defend himself and others against threats of violence. He talks about desegregation and civil rights demonstrations at Athens restaurants and his refusal to arrest activists while working as a police officer. 1960s ; Civil rights movement ; Dairy Queen ; E.E. Hardy ; McDonald's ; The Varsity 1751 Killian's restaurant, integration, black business districts Um, well I want to talk, I want to talk a lot more about your experience in the police department, but I also want to talk a little more about the restaurant if that's okay. Killian describes the local black business scene, including his Four Seasons restaurant, Hot Corner, and Calloway Corner. He talks about his restaurant's popularity with white UGA students. He recounts a phone conversation with Lester Maddox, after which he had to turn away white customers. 1960s ; AHIS ; Athens High and Industrial School ; Calloway Corner ; Hancock Avenue ; Hot Corner ; Killian's Four Seasons ; Lester Maddox ; New York City ; Pope Street ; Reese Street School ; Segregation ; University of Georgia 2032 Joining the postal service And at that same time I had made up my mind--I was a policeman, too. I had made up my mind to quit the police force because I didn't like what was happening. Killian describes the process that led him to leave the police department and begin working for the postal service, despite resistance from the postmaster. He explains his unhappiness with the police department and his mother's insistence that he should open doors for other black Athenians. He mentions a tense exchange with Mayor Julius Bishop after being passed up for promotion. Alfred Killian ; Athens Country Club ; Frank Maddox ; George Maxwell ; Greater Bethel AME Church ; Julius Bishop ; Myers 2398 Joining the police force The post office job--it sounds to me from, from what I understand that you taking that job--the situation was a little bit similar to when you took the police job initially. Why--why did you--you were reluctant to take the police job as well, right? Killian discusses joining the Athens police department as the town's first black police officer. He talks about working alongside members of the KKK, helping a man who had attacked him and his partner, and facing backlash from both white and black communities. AMVETS Club ; Donald Moon ; E.E. Hardy ; Ku Klux Klan ; Ray Well ; Rocksprings Homes ; Segregation ; University of Georgia ; Wilbur Jones 2998 Police work And what was your assignment when you came in? What were you supposed to do? Killian discusses his assignment to patrol black neighborhoods and his focus on serving the community through mediation and protection. He recounts the first time he arrested a white person and the subsequent court case. He asserts that policing has changed and that police officers are mistreating people now. 1960s ; 1990s ; Athens, Georgia ; Community policing ; Devil ; Domestic violence ; Elm Street ; George Maxwell ; God ; Hancock Avenue ; Integration ; Interracial marriage ; Milledge Avenue ; Olin Price ; Police brutality ; Prostitution ; Savannah, Georgia 3576 Leaving police department / Postal service work You were frustrated in the department, though. Killian discusses his frustration with police work and explains that he was denied promotions because of his race. He talks about reluctantly joining the postal service and mentions some of the benefits of that job. Athens, Georgia ; Employment discrimination ; Letter carrier ; Postal service ; T6 3747 Changing neighborhoods, The Bottom During that time, there were a lot of changes going on in Athens. There were some--there was redevelopment going on and urban renewal programs. Right? Killian describes ways that Athens neighborhoods have changed over time. He talks about the history of the community known as " ; The Bottom," ; off of College Avenue, and explains his support for increased density in Athens construction. AHIS ; Athens High and Industrial School ; Athens, Georgia ; Atlanta, Georgia ; Bethel Homes ; Boulevard ; Chase Street School ; College Avenue ; Downtown ; Frank Maddox ; Henderson Avenue ; Meigs Street ; Morehouse College ; Morris Brown College ; Public housing ; Redevelopment ; Train station ; Waddell Street 4122 Economic development, black Athenians, segregation I wonder if we could--I'd like to talk a little bit more about, maybe, sort of economic opportunities for, for folks in black communities in Athens. Killian talks about businesses that offered higher wages for black employees. He explains his belief that UGA and local leaders turned away Ford and other companies. He discusses the exclusion of black Athenians from campus and white neighborhoods and explains exceptions to segregation. Athens, Georgia ; Class ; Dairypak Butler ; Discrimination ; Fickett's Jewelers ; Ford Motor Company ; General Time Corp. ; Magnolia Street ; Magnolia Terrace ; Ray Well ; Segregation ; Sunset Drive ; The Varsity ; University of Georgia ; Veterans ; Westinghouse ; Wilbur Jones ; Wilkins Industries 4798 Rev. Hudson Um, I'm, I'm really interested to know--as someone who, you know, witnessed the civil rights demonstrations in Athens--what do people not understand about that movement or that time that you think we should know? Killian explains his conflict with Rev. Hudson of Ebenezer Baptist Church, West, and discusses helping West avoid arrest during the period when Hudson was leading civil rights demonstrators. Athens, Georgia ; Civil rights movement ; E.E. Hardy ; Ebenezer Baptist Church, West ; Rev. Hudson ; Rocksprings Homes ; Sit-ins ; The Varsity 5180 Multiracial heritage, challenging whites And they'd call me. And I'd go up there and tell them, " ; Just be quiet." ; Killian talks about his ancestry, including his great-grandfather who was a white slave owner and his grandfather who was the first fireman of color in Athens. He comments on standing up to white leaders in Athens. Athens, Georgia ; City Hall ; Firefighter ; Madison, Georgia ; Multiracial ; Slavery 5278 White leaders and social change Well, I hope that, uh--I hope that we'll have a chance to talk again about some of that--uh, some of your family's history and your earlier history. Killian discusses white leaders who supported social change, typically behind closed doors. He describes a meeting between his father and Senator Richard Russell, which led to the Athens Post Office hiring a black WWII veteran. 588 National Alliance of Letter Carriers ; Coca-Cola ; Joe Gaines ; Myers ; Post office ; Race ; Richard B. Russell ; Robert Nesbitt ; Washington, D.C. ; William Killian ; World War II 5578 Youth and history / Jail expansion / Ministry / Interview conclusion Reverend Killian, thank you so much for taking time. Is there anything that I should have asked you that I didn't? Killian discusses the lack of knowledge about history among young people, the expansion of the Clarke County Jail, and the growth of the inmate population. He mentions his work as a pastor. Interview concludes. Athens-Clarke County Correctional Institution ; Clarke Middle School ; Republican Party ; Segregation ; Vocation Oral History No transcript. Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). 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Archibald Killian was born in Athens, GA in 1933. He studied at the Burdett School of Business in Boston, and served as a police officer overseas in the U.S. Air Force. In this interview, Killian discusses the process of desegregation of the University of Georgia and his decision to house Hamilton Holmes, one of the first two African-American students admitted to UGA, despite threats from the Klu Klux Klan. Killian also reflects on being one of the first African Americans to integrate the police department, his eventual decision to leave that job and join the postal service, and his role as pastor of the St. Mark AME Church after his retirement. Killian also comments on both positive and negative changes that he has witnessed in Athens over the years, and the importance of teaching history to young people.
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5.4 Interview with Walter Allen Jr., November 30, 2019 RBRL361AOHP-029 RBRL361AOHP Athens Oral History Project Richard B. 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Walter Allen Jr. recalls his fondest memories visiting family in his youth. He attended the University of Georgia for two years after graduating from Cedar Shoals High School before dropping out to work full time for Athens radio station WXAG. Allendale, South Carolina ; Athens, GA ; Chattanooga, Tennessee ; Top 40 Radio ; UGA 195 Athletics/ Travel Um, did you have any other activities... Allen discussed playing sports in high school and recently coaching basketball and baseball teams in alignment with his ongoing interest in sports casting. He also details his three month long travel over a few southern states following issues with the owner of radio station WBKZ. Alcorn State University ; Athens, GA ; Cedar Shoals High School ; Fayette, Mississippi ; Grambling State University ; Jackson, Mississippi ; Meridian, Mississippi ; Texas Southern University 406 Returning to Athens ...and mom got sick with a hip... Allen shares that travelling and witnessing successful black people, as well as publisher John H. Johnson, inspired him to start Zebra Magazine. After Zebra was stable, Allen got back into radio, continuing both forms of media today. Athens, GA ; black lifestyle publications ; Black Magazines ; Ebony magazine ; Jet magazine ; John Harold Johnson ; WXAG Radio http://www.zebraoccasions.com/about/4591234565 About section on the official Zebra website written by publisher Walter Allen Jr. 560 Black and White Radio I noticed you, you distinguished... Allen distinguishes the difference between black radio and white radio, particularly in comparison with his time with Top 40 Radio. African-American music (Race Music) ; black lifestyle publications ; Black Magazines ; Zebra Magazine 674 Civil War History But, you know what, I went the other day... Allen briefly describes the history of Smith Chapel Baptist Church's bell. He mentions the earliest display of Memorial Day on record, when freed slaves reburied black Union soldiers in Charleston, SC. Allen also discusses Union soldiers taking over the UGA campus and freed slave gathering in Athens after emancipation. Athens, GA ; Civil War ; First Decoration Day ; Old Slave Mart Museum ; University of Georgia ; Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 937 Growing Up in Athens But, you know, growing up here... Allen explains how he feels growing up in an area with such a rich Confederate history has interfered with his life as an African American. He also opines that the communities biggest issues include affordable housing and local purchasing. Athens, Ga ; Confederate States of America 1108 Problems in Athens What is the biggest thing, you said... Allen believes one of the biggest challenges today's youth must face has to do with the negative messages coming from popular music. He talks about problems in the educational system, emphasizing juridification not only as a problem in education but all over the Athens area. Athens, GA ; Bethel Homes ; Jack R. Wells Homes (Pauldoe) ; University of Georgia (UGA) 1331 Career Values So, what is, um, what is the thing... Allen states his wishes for Zebra and radio stations to be continued and appreciated. Athens,GA ; Marketing and Advertising ; Zebra Magazine 1543 Advice for Youth Let me ask you something else... Allen advises today's youth to take any opportunity to continue their education and college experience. Athens, GA ; Hope Scholarship ; University of Georgia (UGA) Oral History No transcript. Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). 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Knowa Johnson
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Walter Allen Jr. has lived in Athens his entire life, graduating from Cedar Shoals High School and attending the University of Georgia for two years. He left the university to work full-time for a local radio station and later started a successful black lifestyle magazine called the Zebra Magazine. In this interview, Allen recalls his experiences in black radio, travelling for work, and his wishes for his magazine.
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5.4
2021-06-24
Interview with Bennie Roberson, June 24, 2021
RBRL361AOHP-030
72 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Bennie Roberson
William Breeding
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Today is June the 25th, um, ten minutes after four, and we’re at the home of Bennie Roberson.
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Black history
74
Introduction / Early life
– I want you to introduce yourself, give me some details - important details...
Roberson introduces himself and recounts where he was born. He talks about the doctors who performed house calls and his perception of his parents as a kid. He stresses the importance of a “child’s life.”
1940s;1950s;Athens, Ga.;Bennie Shelton Roberson, Jr.;Bennie Shelton Roberson, Sr.;childhood development;Green & Green Law Firm;Marjorie Corneil Finley;Michael Jackson;Susie May building
254
Education
I went to start going to school at, uh, Union Institute. It was up Baxter.
Roberson describes his elementary and middle school experiences. He elaborates on the construction of Lyons School in particular and the environmental hazards of its location. Roberson also recounts the story of the only time he got in trouble at school.
1940s;1950s;1960s;Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School;church;corporal punishment;environmental racism;generational changes;generational respect;Latin;Lyons Middle School;Michael Thurmond;Montag's Blue Horse;parent-teacher association (PTA);segregation;Union Baptist Institute
620
Black community in Athens
The whole atmosphere was - was different here in Athens
Roberson describes businesses on Hot Corner that he remembers from his childhood and how Black business has disappeared over the decades. He mentions how attitudes towards Black people in Athens depended on UGA football games.
1930s;1940s;1950s;barber shops;Black business and commerce;Broadacres Homes;Charlayne Hunter-Gault;drug stores and pharmacies;Hamilton Holmes;integration;Morton Theater;Pink Morton;racism;Rockspring Homes;segregation;terrorism;University of Georgia
788
Life in the country
We used to go to town, and on Saturdays we'd go to town to the grocery store...
Roberson talks about the self-sufficient nature of those who lived in the country and how significant it was to be able to feed yourself.
1940s;1950s;agriculture;chitlins;construction;dressmaking;economic stratification;housekeeping;independence;lye soap;rural living;Sears and Roebuck;segregation;sewing;Vietnam War
1070
Wealth in the Black community / Hot Corner
Now how about teaching and doctors, um… and people that had their own business?
Roberson names some of the more well-off Black residents, including Louis Barnett and Peanut Man, and how they kept a low profile. Roberson emphasizes the significance of owning land and elaborates on the difference between having money and wealth.
1950s;1960s;Atlanta, Ga.;Bill Gates;Brown's Barber Shop;Cadillac;cafes;capitalism;dentistry;drug stores and pharmacies;economic regression;economic stratification;film industry;integration;John Q. West;liquor stores;Mercedes-Benz;military service;Monroe, Ga.;racism;real estate;segregation;Vietnam War
1572
Black neighborhoods in Athens / The hustle
Now, uh, let’s talk about the different neighborhoods that were prominent then.
Roberson describes the solidarity communities and affordable housing units experienced in Athens and how the Black community having to rely on itself strengthened the community. He elaborates on the work ethic present, the necessity to often work more than one job, and how affordable housing units today have changed. He mentions the significance of ownership and recalls the Klan being scared off from The Bottom.
1940s;1950s;1960s;air-conditioning;beauticians;Bethel Midtown Village;Black Wall Street massacre;Broadacres Homes;cultural conditioning;East Athens;economic mobility;generational poverty;gentrification;Hot Corner;indoor plumbing;integration;Judaism;Ku Klux Klan;New Town;news;racial bias;Rockspring Homes;telephones;Tulsa race massacre;Tulsa race riot;urban renewal
2101
Community changes
And how did the, um, different communities interact within the schools then?
Roberson talks about the lack of genuine conflict between communities then, as intercommunity relations were strong and the biggest rivalries had to do with sports. He describes the influence certain jobs had, particularly within the church.
1920s;1930s;1940s;1950s;Boy Scouts of America;childhood development;churches;discipline;East Athens;generational changes;integrity;John Henry Dillard;morals;parenting;psychiatry;racial tension;The Oprah Winfrey Show;trust
2370
Coherence of family and community
Another thing about East Athens and the other Black communities - everyone was proud of their community.
Roberson discusses responsibilities within the family. He recounts how his mother allowed him to learn from his own mistakes and how quickly news traveled without telephones.
1940s;1950s;1960s;agriculture;Athens-Clarke County;childhood development;chores;coal burning stoves;dirt roads;electricity;farmwork;fireplaces;football;generational changes;Harry Sims;house work;Jeannette Sims;morals;pride;rabbit boxes
2687
Country luxuries
My family and another family down the street on, on Spring Valley Road that had a TV - we was the only ones that had a TV.
Roberson recalls how his family had a color TV, which involved placing a colored sheet over their black and white TV, and how happy he was when his family moved the bathroom inside.
1940s;1950s;1960s;castor oil;electricity;farming;ghost stories;indoor plumbing;laxatives;outhouses;rural living;television
2838
Athens past and present
Now I know we had said we’re getting close to that, uh, time, uh, that we had mentioned before we got started.
Roberson discusses the lack of solidarity the Black community experiences today, specifically the lack of communication between the younger and older generations. He emphasizes that, “it’s not what you do, it’s how you do.”
1940s;1950s;1960s;childhood development;contact theory;deacons;integration;interpersonal relationships;janitors;morals;parenting;respect;segregation
3105
Cultural conditioning
So why do you think - and I, I, I heard you talk about, uh, the different communities...
Roberson describes the effects of cultural conditioning and uses examples from his childhood. He discusses how the retelling of conflict can be changed by the victors.
1940s;1950s;1960s;American Indians;Colt pistols;courage;cowboys;justice;Native Americans;paradigm changes;segregation;Superman;The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin;truth;Winchester rifles
3319
Racism from fear
- I would be scared of Black people myself. Think about what we do.
Roberson speaks on how Black people made the best of what they were given. He explains that Black people were oppressed partly out of the fear that they would do better than white people.
1940s;1950s;1960s;art;B. B. King;carpentry;Civil War;competition;cooking;economic mobility;economic stratification;interior decorating;Madison, Ga.;Morgan County, Ga.;murals;music;prejudice;segregation;Sherman's March to the Sea;slavery;Thanksgiving;unskilled labor;whistling;William T. Sherman
3675
Changes and constants
Now, uh, you just, um, I’m going to switch gears and, and we’re going over the time said that you needed, but I wanted to ask you something that I had forgot.
Roberson elaborates upon the risks people took by holding more than one job, the presence of overbearing employers then and now, and how Black people are still fighting for their rights in 2021. He discusses changes in morals in the community.
1940s;1950s;1960s;2020s;bootlegging;Dodge trucks;economic stratification;employer oversight;exploitation;slavery;suffrage;University of Georgia;voting rights
3885
Purposeful exclusion of Black people
Now, I’m gone show you, uh, a comparison now: every time in the United States that something becomes legal, we’re kicked out of it.
Roberson describes how the law was designed to trap people and how the justice system seeks to exploit the vulnerabilities in the Black community for profit.
1860s;1870s;1880s;1890s;1940s;1950s;1960s;capitalism;Central State Hospital;chain gangs;Civil War;exploitation;institutionalized racism;liquor;marijuana;mental illness;militarization;Milledgeville, Ga.;plantations;prison labor;private prisons;privatization;psychiatry;Richard B. Nixon;Ronald Reagan;slavery;social work;veterans;Vietnam War
4125
Modern politics / conclusion
Now one last question. If the community was like it was from the time you described when you were growing up, do you think that even with those traps out there we could have avoided a lot of them?
Roberson highlights the emergence of a common enemy in politics today and wishes that the Black community would take the lead in their narrative. He admires the determination of the Black community to succeed despite poor conditions. The interview concludes.
Donald Trump;human nature;inequality;Judaism;perserverance;racism;slurs;verbal assault;warfare
oral history
No transcript.
Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
audio
0
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Interview with Bennie Roberson, June 24, 2022
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
Segregation
Civil rights
African American families
Discrimination
Economic development
Race relations
Rural-urban divide
African American business enterprises
United States--Civil rights
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Bennie Roberson
William Breeding
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2021-06-24
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audio
oral histories
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sound
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RBRL361AOHP-030
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Bennie Roberson was born in Athens in 1947 where he attended Union Baptist Institute and, upon its completion, Lyons Middle School. In this interview, he recalls historically significant areas such as The Bottom, East Athens, and Hot Corner and describes how Black commerce has become less prominent. He discusses the self-sufficiency of living in the country, the importance of morals, and how community solidarity has disappeared since integration. Roberson emphasizes how the Black community is excluded from certain spheres even today and its relationship with the justice system.
OHMS
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Athens Oral History Project
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Oral histories
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Athens, Georgia
Duration
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73 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-039/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview</a></span></h3>
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https://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-039/ohms
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5.4
2022-04-25
Interview with James Deadwyler, April 25, 2022
RBRL361AOHP-039
73 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
James Deadwyler
William Breeding
0
Kaltura
audio
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149
Youth and Family
"Okay well I want you to tell me a little bit about yourself."
Deadwyler describes his childhood, including the death of both of his parents, moving to Athens, and moving to Pittard Road. He includes that he and his cousin went through Hot Corner and that he was subsequently punished for it. He also shares the high school that he attended in Athens and the church in Winterville that he joined at a young age. Deadwyler explains that he had to drop out of school before graduating because he needed to work to make a living.
Ada Sims Deadwyler;Adell Sims Deadwyler;Athens High and Industrial School;Cotton Gin;Dropout;High School;Hot Corner;Murden Deadwyler Sr.;New Grove Baptist Church;Old Pittard Road;Painting;Pittard Rd.;Sharecropping;Winterville, GA
407
Schools and Teachers
"Now I'm going to take you to when you say you started school."
Deadwyler recalls his experience at Athens High and Industrial School, mentioning playing sports, taking math and art classes and learning to be a craftsman from his teacher, Paul Troutman. He explains how the football coach, Doc Holmes, encouraged him to get into mechanical work and how he became a master craftsman in construction.
AHIS;Athens High and Industrial School;Black Educators;Buck Branch District;Craftsman;Doc Holmes;Football;Midway Elementary School;Mr. Trout;Paul Troutman;Paul W. M. Troutman;Segregation;Track Team;Winterville, Georgia;Wordworking
https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/knight_monica_d_200708_phd.pdf
Paper on Athens Black Education : see " Paul Troutman," "Doc Holmes"
569
Employment
"Were you able to find employment that you left comfortable with or were you limited or, talk to me about that."
Deadwyler takes some time to discuss his work ethic and the jobs he had in the 1960s. He describes his experience working for AB Griffin and JS Hunter construction businesses whenever they had projects, and he mentions how he took initiative in his work while many white colleagues waited for the boss’s instructions. He explains that he was given a project in Atlanta to work himself, the origin of his painting business. Deadwyler talks about picking up various technical skills through trial and error and becoming recognized as a maintenance and a pool expert. He says that he didn’t do much work in Athens because the University was just beginning to grow during this period.
AB Griffin;Atlanta, Georgia;Calloway Garden Appartments;Cyclical Unemployment;Employment;Gainesville, GA;HMH Construction Co.;Howard M. Hargis;JS Hunter;KKK;Ku Klux Klansmen;Layoffs;Open Shop;Open Workshop;Painting;Segregated
1317
Augusta
"Now let's keep going to Augusta now."
Deadwyler explains that he moved to Augusta in 1973 to continue working for his friend Howard Hargis who had signed a contract to complete satellite work for the government. He continued subcontracting for companies, including an underground tunnel in Virginia and concrete work in Alabama, and returning to Athens on weekends to help run his family painting business, Deadwyler Hightech. He explains that he was the go-to person for all kinds of jobs regardless of the location, and that he had to close his family business to focus on his increasing load of satellite work.
Apartments;Augusta, GA;Construction;Culpepper, VA;Deadwyler Hightech;Government Contracting;Howard Hargis;Huntsville, AL;Initiative;Jack-of-all-trades;Racism;Satellite Work;STS Construction;Subcontracting;Underground Tunnel
1710
Working for the President
"And while I was doing that job in Culpepper..."
Deadwyler talks about his job working on a project for President George H. W. Bush, the reasons he was selected for the government project, and his decision to start his own construction contract. He continues by discussing the series of jobs he completed overseas and his experience with getting certified with three considerable projects under his belt. Deadwyler also mentions that in the 1990s, President Bill Clinton shut down the process of another secret project and that he was told to contact the FBI or CIA if someone was to repeatedly ask about his work.
"Hotline";Black;CIA;Cold War;Construction;England;FBI;George H. W. Bush;Hawaii;President Bill Clinton;President of the United States;Russia;U.S. Airforce;Washington, D.C.
2052
Work for British PM; Returning to Southeast
"and then after he shut it down..."
Deadwyler shares that he worked for a company called Specialty for some time until Howard Hargis told him about a new project completing a secret system for British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in London. He states that after this job he just wanted to work a job with eight-hour days after which he could go home and that he moved to South Carolina as a result. He explains that he tried to get Black men from his community to come work for him as he paid well but says that the stigma associated with construction work was too large to overcome and that he only worked with five Black people during his whole career. Deadwyler also lists a few projects he completed in Athens.
1992;1995;Black Community;British Government;California Wildfires;Construction;Labor;London, England;Margaret Thatcher;Specialty Finishes, Inc.;Stigma;Wages
2745
Access to Opportunities
"Now let me ask you, and then after I ask you this question I want you to take off from there."
Deadwyler reflects on his career opportunities and explains how they would not have arisen if not for the superior quality of his work. He says that he retired in 2008 but that he continues to do small jobs upon request in the Athens area, and he describes a situation with his church regarding an expansion project they were starting.
Athens, GA;Bank;Construction;Driver Construction;High Quality Results;Jealousy;Loan;New Grove Baptist Church;Racism;Retirement;Watkinsville, GA
3395
Illnesses on Pittard Road
"Now another question I have for you. You mention Pittard road..."
Deadwyler responds to a question from Mr. Breeding regarding a trend of cancer-related deaths in Pittard Road residents. They discuss how it was rumored to be a result of chemical dumping by the DuPont Company, but that even after much legal work they could not prove a connection. Deadwyler says that he was no longer living in the area when the issues began to arise as he and his wife moved to Colbert, GA.
Athens, GA;Black Women;Cancer;Carcinogens;Colbert, GA;Dumping;DuPont;Dupont Lake;environmental violations;Illness;Madison County, GA;Pittard Road;Sickness;Toxic Substances;Winterville, GA
33.995691, -83.308825
15
Pittard Road area, Winterville, GA
https://dph.georgia.gov/sites/dph.georgia.gov/files/EnvHealth/Chemical/Sites/ClarkePittardRoadCCI(HC)06.pdf
PDF: Clarke Co. Div. of Public Health - Pittard Road Cancer Cluster Investigation
3675
Family
"You mention your uncle..."
Deadwyler names his uncle and talks about his family, including his wife, children, grand- and great-grandchildren. He discusses his life developments occurring right after leaving Athens High and Industrial School, including becoming a deacon.
1960s;Atlanta, GA;Children;College Degree;College Graduates;Deacon;Education;Grandchildren;Great-Grandchildren;Marriage;New Grove Baptist Church;Poultry Industry;Sales;Schoolteacher;University of Georgia;Walker Deadwyler
3808
Hot Corner
"Normally I would stop the interview pretty much at this point, but there are a couple of questions I want to ask you."
Deadwyler shares his limited memories of Hot Corner as an adult and explains that his mother’s original scolding was enough to keep him away. He also says that he only ever went to the Bottom once and knew that it was not a place where he should spend time. He also notes that there were very few killings in Athens during the time period, instead it was just small fights picked one day and forgotten the next.
Barber Shops;Fights;Hair Salon;Hair Stylists;Hairdresser;Hot Corner;Mack and Payne Funeral Homes;Morton Building;Morton Theater;Mutual Funeral Home;Pool Hall;Sunday Church;The Bottom
4084
Night Riders; Advice
"You gotta smile on your face it looks like there's something else you wanna say."
Deadwyler shares a story of a shop owned by the Anderson brothers that would get 'shot up' by KKK night riders. He says that they threatened to start shooting back and that the people never returned. Deadwyler explains that he didn't know about this situation until after it was over because his friends wanted him to be safe so that he could tell their stories if they died. He concludes with a piece of advice to listeners.
Advice;KKK;Ku Klux Klan;Leroy Anderson;Night Riders;Shootout;Willie Clyde Anderson
oral history
No transcript.
Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
audio
0
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Interview with James Deadwyler, April 24, 2022
Subject
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American religious leaders
Religious leaders
Business enterprises
African American business enterprises
Segregation
Creator
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James Deadwyler
William Breeding
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2022-04-25
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audio
oral histories
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sound
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RBRL361AOHP-039
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James Deadwyler was born and raised in rural Winterville, GA, just outside of Athens. His parents passed when he was young and he was forced to drop out of school to make a living. In this interview, he describes his professional career working with numerous construction companies and on many notable projects. He explains the limitations and barriers to his success as a Black contractor during a still segregated period, and the effort he put into his work to overcome such hindrances. Deadwyler also mentions the church at which he was a deacon, the road where he grew up, and many teachers that influenced his life at Athens High and Industrial School.
OHMS
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Dublin Core
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Athens Oral History Project
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An account of the resource
The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Publisher
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Date
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2014-ongoing
Coverage
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Athens, Georgia
Identifier
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RBRL361AOHP
Subject
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Format
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Oral histories
Oral History
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Location
The location of the interview
Athens, Georgia
Duration
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78 minutes
Repository
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
URL
<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-040/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview</a></span></h3>
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https://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-040/ohms
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5.4
2022-04-26
Interview with Tommy Brown, April 26, 2022
RBRL361AOHP-040
78 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Tommy Brown
William Breeding
0
Kaltura
audio
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0
Introduction
Today is April the twenty-sixth 2022.
Breeding briefly introduces himself and Brown, and he mentions topics he hopes Brown will talk about.
Athens-Clarke County, Ga.;Black history
100
Childhood
My name is Tommy David Brown, and I was born in 1940.
Brown talks about growing up in the country with sixteen siblings. He describes his parents as traditionally uneducated, but his father, a sharecropper, was very hardworking; he and his siblings often assisted him in the field, and Brown says that their parents wouldn’t allow them to go to school unless it was raining. He also mentions making brooms to sell for extra money.
1940s;1950s;1960s;Artie Brown;Emma Brown;rural living;Seagraves;segregation
495
Early work experience
But you know, I used to think that was back in the good ol’ days.
Brown explains the necessity of bringing home whatever wages were earned and giving them to their mother. He recalls working as a dishwasher and the wages he would make, as well as some of his memories of people like Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Hamilton Holmes, and Mary Blackwell while he was working at UGA. He briefly mentions other occupations he held.
1950s;1960s;Knoxville, Tn.;University of Georgia;University of Tennessee
778
Chicopee manufacturing / Lemuel Penn
That's why I started making what we call ‘good money’.
Brown recalls how he became entangled in solving the murder of Lemuel Penn by overhearing a confession while at work. He elaborates upon the process of having to repeatedly speak to authorities, keeping quiet about what he knew, and the eventual capture of the offenders.
1960s;Cecil Myers;drawing;George Hampton Turner;Herbert Guest;Joseph Howard Sims;Ku Klux Klan;Madison County, Ga.;racism;smuggling;terrorism
1345
Experiences with the Klan
So, that’s the way it go.
Brown discusses the familiarity he had with the Klan because of previous work experience with them, recalling a story involving being shot at in his new truck before the Klansmen realized it was him. Brown and Breeding mention motivations behind Klan attacks, particularly the propaganda stating that Black people were abusing their wives and families and shirking their civic duties. Brown mentions several influential figures in Athens who were Klansmen.
1960s;Carey McCraig;Chevrolet;CNI Newspapers;Ed Brown;Ed Skinner;Grand Dragon;Guest's Garage;Joseph Howard Sims;Ku Klux Klan;racism;terrorism;Tony's Restaurant
2357
Business in Athens
Let’s go in a different direction right now.
Brown describes the layout of downtown Athens when he was younger, mentioning various businesses and individuals that he remembers. He discusses Hot Corner, Calloway Corner, Hancock Corridor, and The Bottom, among others. He also retells a story he was told about a Black man called Chewing Gum who had owned a lot of land in Athens, illustrating how Black people went from owning a large amount of land in Athens to owning very little.
1940s;1950s;Brown's Barber Shop;Brown's Cafe;Calloway building;Dexter Weaver;Hayme's Cafe;Ida Mae Hiram;Joseph Gaines;Morton Theater;Reese Street Gym;Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop;Smith Furniture Company;The Manhattan Cafe;urban renewal;Weaver D;Zed Harris
3387
Workplace tensions
Now, I understand where The Varsity was, a lot of protests went on.
Brown explains how he got a job as the curb manager at The Varsity and why he left. He talks about how he formed a partnership with a white man at the credit union near the Chicopee mill: Brown would buy and refurbish older cars, and his partner would act as the salesman. He gives details as to how this ultimately created agitation in the workplace once it came to light.
1960s;Doc Holmes;economic mobility;Heyward Allen Toyota;John "Jack" Jackson;Mustang;racism
4010
Reputation
Now I’m gonna switch gears again.
Brown shares that he has several plaques from different organizations of the community and even some from the city, as he was Man of the Year more than once. He discusses the respect that he has garnered in the community. He says that everyone who knows him, police included, address him as “Mister.”
Athens-Clarke County, Ga.;community relations;generational respect
4144
Lessons to pass on
Now, I’ll tell you what we’re gonna do.
Brown gives advice to the youth of today, especially Black men: invest so you can move up in the world and have something to pass on to your family. He discusses the knowledge he passed on to his children and his belief that an individual makes money and not the other way around.
childhood development;entrepreneurship
4541
Marriage and children
Okay, Mr. Brown, could you tell me about your family, your kids?
Brown relates that he was married when he was twenty-one, and he and his wife had four children: three girls and one boy. He mentions that his wife passed around twenty years ago, saying he is happy that she got to see their children grow into adulthood. One of his daughters has her own business in Lawrenceville.
Dexter Brown;family;Shalon Brown;Stacey Brown;Tammy Brown
oral history
No transcript.
Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
audio
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Dublin Core
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Interview with Tommy Brown, April 26, 2022
Subject
The topic of the resource
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American business enterprises
Business enterprises
Race relations
Creator
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Tommy Brown
William Breeding
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2022-04-26
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audio
oral histories
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sound
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RBRL361AOHP-040
Description
An account of the resource
Tommy Brown was born in Athens in 1940 to a family of seventeen children. Growing up as a sharecropper, he learned much about self-sufficiency and entrepreneurship. In this interview, Brown shares his experiences with the Ku Klux Klan, workplace tensions, and his role in the solving of the murder of Lemuel Penn. He spent much of his life employed at the Chicopee Mill, but he was always doing something secondary to make extra money. Brown also goes into great detail describing the layout of the Athens he grew up with, highlighting businesses and individuals he remembers.
OHMS
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Athens Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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Athens, Georgia
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97 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-044-01/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview</a></span></h3>
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5.4
2022-05-09
Interview with Marion Stroud, Part One, May 9, 2022
RBRL361AOHP-044-01
97 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Marion Stroud
William Breeding
0
Kaltura
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Introduction
Today I am here with Mr. Arnell Stroud
Stroud introduces himself. He lists his education and career throughout his life.
Allen University;Athens High and Industrial School;Athens High School;Baxter Street;Frankfurt University;Jeruel Academy;Union Baptist Institute;University of Georgia;Washington High Schhol
241
Black medical practices in Athens
What we'll do- again I'm repeating myself because I had my part off
Stroud describes being born at home by a midwife. He recalls the hospitals available and mentions that there were only two black doctors at the time.
Athens Regional Hospital;Dr. Andrew Jones;Dr. Frederick Earl McLendon;Hancock Corridor;Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital;Reese Street;Segregation;St. Mary's Hospital;Susan Medical Center
391
Union Baptist Institute
And we're taking you now to elementary school
Stroud details Union Baptist Institute's campus. He emphasizes that students from across the country attended the school and the school was funded by Baptists churches nationwide.
Baxter Street;Linnentown;Lindentown
714
High School
Now at what point did you go to high school
Stroud describes Athens High and Industrial School and lists some of the teachers that taught there. He explains that his favorite subjects in school were those related to English and highlights his love for art and music. Stroud also talks about being part of the band and chorus.
C.B. Smith;Homer T. Edwards;Mr. Holmes;Ms. Swinton;Pope Street;Reese Street;Reese Street School;Reverend Phillips
1091
Working in the army, higher education, and career
Now um from there where did you- I thought I heard you say you did something in Germany
Stroud explains that his sports experience in high school led to a full scholarship in football. He discusses attending the military during his college years and learning German in Germany. He also discusses attending college and obtaining his master's in art at the University of Georgia. Stroud highlights how his passion for art transferred to his career in art education and his involvement in a band.
Air Force;Allen University;Chambéry, France;Clarke Central;First AME Church;Frankfurt University;Hills Chapel Church;Jackson Street;Lamar Dodd;Shady Grove;University of Georgia;University of Maryland
1678
Hot corner in the 50's
Now um Let's see that's taken us from birth to now
Stroud details the history of Hot Corner and the significance of Pink Morton in providing federal jobs to Black people. He describes the business and buildings that existed and the important Black figures that contributed to Hot Corner. Stroud also talks about the insurance companies and their role in employment for Black people.
Atlanta Life Insurance;Ben Adams Dry Cleaning;Downtown Athens;Dr. Frederick Earl McLendon;Dr. Ida Hiram;Dr. William H. Harris;Guarantee Life Insurance;Mack & Payne Funeral Home;Morton Building;Morton Theater;North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance;Ray Ware;Samaritan Hall;St. John Fire Baptized Holiness Church;Wilmer jones;Winfrey Mutual Funeral Home
2350
The Bottom
Now some of the areas you mentioned about- The Bottom
Stroud describes where The Bottom was located. He describes it as a place where only Black people lived and emphasizes that is was one of the largest Black communities in Athens-Clarke County.
Downtown;First AME Church;Hart Avenue;Lumpkin Street;Segregation;Strong Street;United States Postal Service
2558
Black neighborhoods
Yes I would like to talk about all of the neighborhoods- Black neighborhoods at that time
Stroud describes Athens communities as being segregated and that many Black people owned their homes. He emphasizes that where there was a Black church and a pure Black community. He then lists areas in Athens where Black people lived.
Athens High and Industrial School;Beechwood Drive;Brooklyn Road;Callaway corner;Chase Street;Ed Bazell;First AME;First AME church;Hancock Ave;Hill First Baptist Church;Lucy Cobb Institute;Magnolia Street;Milledge Avenue;Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church;Phillips Road;Pope Street;Public housing;Pulaski Street;Reese Street;Rock Glen Road;Segregation;St. Mary’s Hospital;The Bottom;The E.D. Harris Drug Store;University of Georgia
3387
The Black Economy/ Changing racial demographics
What happened?
Stroud lists the areas in Athens that are no longer predominantly Black. He describes the "Black Economy" that existed during segregation, highlighting that Black people would do jobs that white people would not. He recalls Black people being able to afford homes and cars with their income. Stroud also describes the ways in which Black people lost their homes, businesses, and jobs.
Allenville;Barnett Shoals Road;Baxter;Broad Street;Chase Street;Dorsey Tabernacle Baptist Church;Elks Club;Gentrification;Hot Corner;House of Blue Lights;Hurley Funeral Home;Magnolia Street;Milledge Avenue;NAACP;Newtown;Park Ridge Dr;Thankful Baptist Church;Uptown;Urban Renewal
5043
The decline of the Black Economy
Now basically uh- Now redlining was there any of that involved in Blacks losing property?
Stroud states that Black people who were financially independent were able to avoid racist economic policies. He describes UGA's role in buying Black homes and communities and emphasizes that they were responsible for the destruction of the Black Economy. Stroud explains that the Black families that were not financially secure had no choice but to sell their homes and because of this, those neighborhoods became predominantly white.
Baxter Street;Linnentown;Lindentown;Parkview;Predatory lending;Prince Avenue;Public Housing;Redlining;Union Baptist Institute;Urban Renewal
5552
Advice for the next generations
Well I have one last question for you
Stroud advises people to buy and keep property. He details how people at different stages of their lives should live and emphasizes the importance of education and creating generational wealth.
oral history
No transcript.
Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
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Interview with Marion Stroud, Part 1, May 9, 2022
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Athens Black History
African Americans--History
Musicians
African American musicians
Art and music
Bands (Music)
African American business enterprises
Public housing
Segregation
Urban renewal
United States--Veterans
African American veterans
United States. Air Force--Airmen
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Marion Stroud
William Breeding
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2022-05-09
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oral histories
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Marion Stroud was born and raised in Athens, Georgia. He attended Union Baptist Institute and Athens High and Industrial School before receiving a football scholarship to Allen University. While in college, Stroud served in the U.S. Air Force in Germany and studied German at Frankfurt University. He finally received his Master's in Arts at the University of Georgia and continued his passion for Art through his career and his band. In this interview, Stroud discusses the history of the Athens Black Economy. He also recalls the Black communities that once thrived in Athens and gives explanations for their demise.
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Athens Oral History Project
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
Subject
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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Oral histories
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Location
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Athens, Georgia
Duration
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50 minutes
Repository
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-047/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview</a></span></h3>
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5.4
2022-05-23
Interview with Arthur Sims, Sr., May 23, 2022
RBRL361AOHP-047
50 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Arthur Sims, Sr.
William Breeding
0
Kaltura
audio
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Childhood; Education; Career
"Okay, I was born in a little town in Georgia called Maxey's Georgia."
Sims talks about his childhood in Maxeys, GA, moving to Athens, GA, and his schools in both cities. He discusses his education and career pathway after graduating from Athens High and Industrial School, his experience preaching for numerous churches throughout Georgia, and his involvement in civil rights organizations. He mentions the specific churches he served at over his 60 years of work.
AHIS;Athens High and Industrial School;Athens, GA;Augusta, GA;Clarke County, GA;Columbia County, GA;Crossroad Baptist Church;DuPont Foundation;Ebenezer Baptist Church West;Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church of Pine Hills;First Bryan Baptist Church;First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church;HT Edwards;Interdenominational Theological Center;Martial Arts;Maxeys, GA;Morehouse School of Religion;Mt. Zion Baptist Institutional Church, Orlando, FL;NAACP;National Association for the Advancement of Colored People;Oconee Baptist Church;Oglethorpe County, GA;Paine College;Radio Announcer;Reese Street;Rev. WF Billups;Savannah, Georgia;SCLC;Southern Christian Leadership Conference;Taekwondo;Televised Ministry;Union Baptist Institute;Washington, GA;Wilkes County, GA
https://www.fbcpinehills.org/rev-dr-arthur-d-sims-sr-pastor
Biography of Sims Sr. via Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Orlando, Florida
645
Family Careers and Education
"Blessed were the children, I have four children..."-
Sims talks about his four children and their collegiate and career accomplishments. He also mentions his deceased first wife and his present wife.
Alandus Sims;American Military University;Artarshia Sims;Arthur Sims II;Cornell School of Law;Jeane Stephens;Jerrie Coleman Sims;Morehouse College;Morehouse School of Religion;Ocoee, Florida;Orlando, Florida;UGA Football;University of Central Florida School of Hospitality;University of Florida;Winter Garden, Florida
931
Education; Civil Rights in Athens
"It's Oconee... in Oglethorpe County. It bears the same name of the church Oconee Baptist Church."
Sims recalls that his childhood schools were segregated but that his sister, Fannie, integrated her public school years later. He mentions the protests and civil rights initiatives started by the NAACP as it established a branch in Athens. He also remembers the protest at The Varsity on Broad Street and the KKK member who counter protested with axe handles.
Athens High and Industrial School;Axe Handles;Charlayne Hunter-Gault;Ebenezer Baptist Church;Fannie Sims Smith;Hamilton Holmes;Integration;KKK;Ku Klux Klan;Lester Maddox;NAACP;Segregation;The Varsity;University of Georgia
1387
Lester Maddox; KKK
"Tell me about the Lester Maddox axe handle."
Sims explains the background of Georgia Governor Maddox’s axe handles and his promotion of their use to keep eating establishments like his Atlanta restaurant segregated. Sims also recalls a night when a Black colonel was shot and killed by a Klansman driving home on Danielsville Highway. He says that later in his life he found out that there was a KKK meeting place disguised in a shop located within the Black community of Athens.
Ax Handles;Axe Handles;Demagogue;Governor Lester Maddox;KKK;Ku Klux Klan;Maddox Drumsticks;Racism;Segrationist;Segregation;The Pickrick;Violence;West Broad Street
1545
NAACP Leaders; Black Businesses
"You mention... the NAACP being formed in Athens during that time..."
Sims talks about his role in the Athens NAACP and two notable branch leaders that he worked and traveled with. He also recalls some areas of Athens that were predominantly owned by Black businessmen. He mentions Dr. Green’s Susan Maternity Center, see Green family interviews for more information.
Callaway Corner;Calloway Corner;Chase Street;Dr. Green;Dry-Cleaners;Ebenezer Baptist Church West;Hancock Street;Hill First Baptist Church;Hot Corner;NAACP;Restaurants;Rev. William Hudson;Reverend Hudson;Rosa Buffington;Rosa Rodgers Buffington;Susan Maternity Center
33.969865657751946, -83.38360607767085
17
Calloway Corner
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/M-T0627-00656-00277?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=54088795
Rosa Buffington and family, US Census records
1712
Jobs During Youth
"What type of jobs did you have.. growing up?"
Sims describes the jobs he had on his family’s farm as well as those he had in Athens during his high school years. He explains the reasons for his short-term return to Athens one summer during college.
Athens, GA;Black Land-Owner;Charge Account;Civil Rights Movement;Cotton Gin;Cotton Picking;Farm Life;Oglethorpe County, GA;Summer Jobs;The Varsity protest;Trustworthy
2029
Influential Figures
"Mention to me some of the teachers that you had in high school that made an impact in your life."
Sims reflects on the people that influenced his life, including teachers, pastors, and mentors.
Athens High and Industrial School;Carrie Billups;Civil Rights Movement;Clara B. Smith;Ebenezer Baptist Church West;Howard Stroud;HT Edwards;Jewel McAdams;Martha Swinton;NAACP;Rev. Billups;Rev. Hudson;Rev. R. B. Hawk;Reverend William James Hudson;Rosa Buffington
2440
Black-Owned Businesses and Property
"Callaway Corner and Hancock Corridor..."
Sims describes the Black-owned businesses in Athens, especially those on Hancock Street and on Callaway Corner. He mentions specific business and their owners that he and his family frequented.
C. T. Walker;Callaway Corner;Calloway Corner;Dr. Green;Ebenezer Baptist Church West;Herman Sheats;Moon's Barber Shop;Property Ownership;Reverend Moon;Sheats' Barber Shop
33.956251, -83.391766
17
Location of Dr. Green's Susan Medical Center
2776
Advice for Next Generation
"If you were talking to the young people... what advice would you give them?"
Sims provides advice to future generations regarding maintaining respect and knowledge of their history and explains that knowing the past better prepares people for their future.
African American History;Demagoguery;Liberating Theology;Politics;Social Justice
oral history
No transcript.
Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
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Interview with Arthur Sims, Sr., May 23, 2022
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights
United States--Civil rights
Religious leaders
African American religious leaders
Religion
African American business enterprises
Business enterprises
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Arthur Sims, Sr.
William Breeding
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2022-05-23
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RBRL361AOHP-047
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Arthur Sims, Sr. moved from rural Georgia to Athens with his family when he was young and attended segregated Athens High and Industrial School. In this interview he talks about his teenage years participating in Civil Rights movements and jobs he held to fund his college education. He mentions the numerous churches where he's served after becoming ordained at an early age. He also describes Governor Maddox’s axe handle segregationist movement and its relation to an Athens demonstration. He shares memories of businesses owned by Black Athenians and discusses the significance of learning about histories. <br />See also <a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL361AOHP/RBRL361AOHP-045">James Sims Jr.</a>, <a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/RBRL361AOHP/RBRL361AOHP-041">Fannie Smith</a>
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Athens Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Oral histories
Oral History
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Location
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Athens, Georgia
Duration
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52 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-051/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview</a></span></h3>
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5.4
2022-06-06
Interview with Barbara Sheats, June 6, 2022
RBRL361AOHP-051
52 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Barbara Sheats
William Breeding
0
Kaltura
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Introduction
You ready to start?
Sheats introduces herself and lists the schools that she attended.
Athens Academy;Athens Montessori Shool;Clarke Central High School;Clarke Middle School;Timothy Road Elementary School
157
Living on Swanson Circle/ Childhood games
Well- what um- tell me about the community you grew up in.
Sheats recalls the neighborhood she grew up in, Swanson Circle, as a community of Black professionals. She then talks about dancing and learning different styles throughout her life. Sheats also lists and explains the different games that she played during her childhood.
Atari;Checkers;Hangman;Monopoly;Mrs. Pac-Man;Pac-Man;Rubik's Cube;Timothy Road;UNO
582
College decision
Okay, now one of the things that I wanted to talk with you about and the reason I selected you
Sheats describes her decision-making process when choosing which college she would attend. She attributes cost as one of her main reasons for choosing to attend UGA. Sheats also recalls being proficient at doing hair and inviting students from UGA to get their hair done by her at her father's business.
Florida A&M University;Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop;Spellman College;University of Georgia
749
Working in the business
Now you- um- have said several times, "I grew up in the business"
Sheats reflects on growing up and working for the salon, highlighting how her tasks would advance through the years. She also talks about the transition from an apprentice to a master stylist.
Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop
1021
Beauty supply politics
Now you mention also that you -um- had -um- gone to different trade shows
Sheats describes what occurs at a hair trade show. She explains the pricing discrepancies of hair products that occur between public beauty supply companies and distributors of certain companies. Sheats also highlights how diversified many haircare companies have become and talks about the significance of communicating with clients.
1723
Upbringing and Herman Sheats
Now we're going to go back to your upbringing
Sheats recalls her father telling her to do the right thing throughout her life. She mentions that her father advised her to always follow the rules before becoming a real estate broker. She also shares what it was like growing up with her father's expectations and popularity within the community. Sheats reflects on how she was not able to misbehave because there was always someone who knew her father.
Ambrose McDow;Clarke Central High School;Rev. David H. Nunnally;Timothy Baptist Church
2145
Business learning curves and growth
And let me also ask you what were some of the learning curves that you had to learn on your own
Sheats discusses the impact that the advancement of business technology had on her ability to modernize the shop. She also recalls some of the business decisions that did not work, emphasizing the significance of understanding the community. Sheats believes that in the future, the shop's clientele and staff will become more diverse due to the changing racial demographics of the area
Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop
2612
Hot Corner and The Bottom
Well um- Now I'm going to move to an area that you were- in fact you weren't even born when these areas were-um- I would say at their peak
Sheats describes Hot Corner and the Bottom and lists the businesses and prominent Black families that were once there. She lists some of the reasons why Black property ownership declined, emphasizing the area's proximity to the University of Georgia as the one of the main factors.
Airbnb;Chase Street Elementary School;Downtown Athens;Dr. Donarell Green;Gentrification;Hancock Avenue;Monroe "Pink" Morton;Morton Theatre;The Plaza;Wilson's Styling Shop
2905
Advice to younger self and others
Well, we're getting close to the end of the interview
Sheats advises her younger self to embrace change and to continue learning and listening to others. She emphasizes the significance of doing what is best for yourself and treating others with respect.
oral history
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Interview with Barbara Sheats, June 6, 2022
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American women
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African American barbers
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Barbara Sheats
William Breeding
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Barbara Sheats was born and raised in Athens, Georgia. She attended Timothy Road Elementary, Clarke Middle School, Clarke Central High School, and Athens Academy before completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia. In this interview, Sheats reflects on her childhood in Athens and living with the expectations and principles of her father, Herman Sheats. She describes her work at Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop and discusses the politics within the beauty supply industry. She also talks about the history of areas that were once predominantly Black, like The Bottom, and the reasons for the decline in Black property ownership.
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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53 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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5.4
2022-06-06
Interview with Candace Sheats, June 6, 2022
RBRL361AOHP-052
53 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Candace Sheats
William Breeding
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Introduction
Alright, Today is May the 6th 2022
Sheats lists the schools that she attended throughout her life. She discusses opening the barber shop and real estate businesses with her husband, Herman Sheats. She also talks about her daughters and emphasizes that they are working together on the business after her husband's passing.
Amanda Johnson;Athens Academy;Athens High and Industrial School;Barbara Sheats;Burney Harris;Clarke Central;Crawford, Georgia;Fannie Reid;George Johnson;H.T. Edwards;Herman Sheats;Herman Sheats Real Estate;Howard University;Morris Brown College;Reese Street School;Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop;Stephanie Sheats;Union Baptist Institute;University Georgia;West Broad Elementary School
536
Elementary School/ Childhood games
I want to go back for a second
Sheats recalls enjoying her years in elementary school. She lists and explains a few of the games that she played as a child, distinguishing between the games that were played by girls and those that were played by boys.
Athens High and Industrial School;Reese Street School;West Broad Elementary School
894
Middle school/ High School
Let's talk about -um some- how about Reese Street?
Sheats recalls having to walk to school in any weather condition because there were no transportation options. She details some of the classes and teachers she had throughout middle and high school, highlighting the value that Home Economics had on her adulthood. She also mentions her senior speech which was required to graduate and reflects on her graduation.
Athens High and Industrial School;Burney Harris High School;C.B. Smith;E.T. Holmes;Reese Street;Reese Street School;Thelma Hurley
1709
Attending College and marriage
So now let's switch gears-we um- you said you went to Morris Brown. Tell me about that experience.
Sheats recalls attending college and majoring in Sociology. She explains that she did not complete her degree because of her marriage and the birth of her first born child. However, she took courses later on in life.
Athens Technical School;Morris Brown College;University of Georgia
1856
Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop
Now-um- I guess we can either talk about the business or we can talk about business or we can talk about the community
Sheats states that her husband owned and was active in the barber shop for over 60 years. She explains that her husband was well liked because he loved helping people and actively gave opportunities to those who wanted to work.
Barbara Sheats;Goodwill;Herman Sheats;Meigs Street
2264
Expanding the Business
Now -um you were at one point where Barbara is now as as far as the business
Sheats talks about her husband's business-oriented personality and the lessons that he taught her and her daughters. She explains that she took cosmetology classes to help her husband expand into the beauty shop business. She also got into real estate when her husband began buying and selling property.
Athens Technical College;Barbara Sheats;Georgia Power;Herman Sheats
2471
West Hancock Corridor
Ok-um- you mentioned that he sold different properties to different people
Sheats details the story of her husband acquiring the first building for his barber shop. She then describes the business's expansion since then. Sheats also recalls the businesses and people that existed on West Hancock Corridor during the sixties. She explains that a lot of professionals, including doctors and teachers, lived in this neighborhood.
"Bruh" Jones;Ambrose McDow;C.B. Smith;Dr. Andrew Jones;Dr. Donarell R. Green;Ebenezer Baptist Church;Herman Sheats;Leo Barnett;Susan Medical Center;Veterans of Foreign Wars
3053
Advice to future generations
Well-let me ask, is there anything that I haven't asked that I should have
Sheats advises the future generations to further their education and work hard. She explains that this will equip them to handle the problems that arise in life.
oral history
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Interview with Candace Sheats, June 6, 2022
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American women
African American business enterprises
African American barbers
African American families
Families
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Candace Sheats
William Breeding
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Candace Sheats was born in Crawford, Georgia in 1943 and later moved to Athens, Georgia in the fourth grade. She attended West Broad Elementary, Reese Street Middle School, and Athens High and Industrial School before attending Morris Brown College. In this interview, Sheats reflects on her childhood in Athens as well as her husband Herman Sheats and their business, Sheats Barber and Beauty Shop. She also describes the once entirely Black neighborhood of West Hancock Corridor and its historical legacy.
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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Athens, Georgia
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100 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-069/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview </a></span></h3>
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5.4
2022-09-06
Interview with Isaiah Ellison, September 6, 2022
RBRL361AOHP-069
100 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Isaiah Ellison
William Breeding
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Family
"My father's name is.... my mother's name is..."
Ellison names his parents and talks about their backgrounds. He explains how his mother was raised by her aunt in an adoption-like manner.
Familial Adoption;Mother WillaMae Sanders Ellison;Rev. Frank Ellison Sr.;Savannah, GA;Screven County, GA
145
First Experience with Racially Motivated Violence
"My earliest memory is what began as an ordinary day, was somewhere between four and five years old."
Ellison shares a story of his family that occurred when he was a young child. The story includes a Klan attack on their family home and their work to get away and to a new city. He explains the situation that led to the attack and describes how they escaped and where they ended up.
Arson;Augusta, GA;Brooklyn, NY;Cotton feild;Escape;Fear;Gainesville, GA;Hiding;KKK;Non-Violent;Panic;Preacher;Prejudice;Racism;Sharecrop;Suffrage;Vote;Voting;Waynesboro, GA
786
Children Make News and Father Sent to Jail
"the boys... out in the woods playing...one of us found a headlight..."
Ellison tells another story about how he and his brothers unknowingly discovered something from an unsolved murder in Gainesville and what happened after. He explains how their recognition led to his father's arrest.
Benjamin Ellison;Childhood;Exploring;Frank Ellison Jr.;Gainesville, GA;Herbert Ellison;Heyward Ellison;Horace Ellison;Incarcerated;Jail Time;Ku Klux Klan;Monroe, GA;News Headlines;Skeletal Remains;Un-solved Murder
1023
Father's Experience with Imprisonment
"The church brought us from [Gainesville], found a place for us to farm at in Monroe."
Ellison shares some things he heard from his father about his time in jail including attempts to kill him and how his faith helped him through his incarceration. Ellison also shares his opinions on the systemic racism in the American policing system. He also talks about his family's move to a farm in a town closer to where their father was imprisoned.
Arbitrary Charges;Arbitrary Releases;Attempted Murder;Defund the Police;Incarceration;Jail Time;Jail Warden;Ku Klux Klan;Method to Control Blacks;Monroe, GA;Pray;Preach;Religion;Violence;Walton County, GA
1265
New Start in Athens
"We were tired of farming and that we were going to leave Monroe and come to Athens."
Ellison explains his family's decision to move to Athens, GA. He says that sharecropping was not economically wise and that their 'public jobs' in the city allowed them a better life.
1960s;Debt;Household's Income;Late 1950s;Lyons Junior High School;opportunity;Public Jobs;Restaurant Service;Sharecropping
1437
Home Ownership and Moving
"When we came to Athens, being a pastor with an AME Zion Church was very beneficial..."
Ellison back-tracks to talk about the house that his family rented from a wealthy Black man in Athens. He describes the house's amenities that they considered luxuries and explains why the original owner moved to another location.
Atlanta Highway;Black Land Owner;Custom-Built Home;Home Ownership;Ku Klux Klan (KKK);Luke Barnett;Mitchell Bridge Rd.;Public Jobs;Union Temple Church
33.950468, -83.446089
14
Approximate location of Barnett's property on Atlanta Highway and Mitchell Bridge Rd.; see also location of Ben Burton park as referenced in following section
1664
Second KKK Attack
"The Ku Klux Klan discovered us in Athens and burned us out again."
Ellison recalls a life changing event where Klansmen found his family in Athens and set their home ablaze while the family was inside. He shares how he and his family escaped before the house was fully destroyed as well as how he knew that the arsonists were KKK.
"The Klan";"Yahoo!";Arson;Attempted Murder;Ben Burton Park;Escape;House on Fire;Impunity;Mitchell Bridge Rd.;Police Corruption;racial violence
1980
Family Restabilization
"We had some church member who lived on Timothy Road. The Sheats took us in."
Ellison mentions the people that helped his family recover after losing their home in the KKK attack. He also notes the business that his family started at the site of their new home.
Ellison's Grocery;Felix Roger Smith Jr.;Felix Roger Smith Sr.;Melba Smith;Nettie Mae Smith;Sheats;Timothy Road, Athens, GA
33.92389516115302, -83.40758563867101
17
Approx. location of Sheats Dr. and Ellison's residency and store
2179
School Integration Issues
"When you're telling a story, sometimes you want to leave out the, you tell the good and want to leave out the ugly."
Ellison shares about some of his struggles during his high school years. He explains how the integration process and the move to Athens High School, a predominantly white school, impacted his life and the lives and safety of other Black students.
1960s;Athens High;Bitterness;Bullying;Burney-Harris High School;Clarke Central High School;Expulsion;Public School Integration;Punishment;Racism;Racist;Self-Defense;Violence
2604
Time with Military
"I got drafted, and went into the military."
Ellison talks about how he matured during his time in the military and about his first sergeant who encouraged him to straighten up. He also discusses his opportunity to re-enlist and the feedback he received from his family and his peers. Ellison mentions his frustrations with the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973.
"Top";1960s;1970s;Army Rank E9 Sergeant Major;Discipline;Draft;Germany;Mentorship;North Vietnam;South Vietnam;United States Selective Service System;United States Military;veteran;Vietnam War;Violence;Withdrawl from Vietnam
3164
Education and Career Beginnings
"Came back to the States, used my education. Went to the University of Georgia in the School of Social Work."
Ellison talks about the education he received after leaving the military, his first job opportunity and the legal situation that ensued there, and his career at a new poverty law organization. He explains some loopholes that government employees would take to prevent Blacks from receiving financial aid. He shares his belief that certain legal caveats regarding marriage and male-female residency effectively destructed Black nuclear families.
1970s;AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children);Athens Area Technical Institute Marketing and Management Program;Calloway v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation;Deacon Daniels;Deprivation Requirements;Discrimination Lawsuit;Dixiecrat States;Dr. Maurice C. Daniels;Evictions;Food Stamps;Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP);Government Subsidized Housing Specialist;Injustice;John Cromartie;Legal System;Paralegal;Public Assistant Specialist;Public Housing;Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);University of Georgia's School of Social Work;Welfare;Willie Woodruff
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/642/663/2398480/
Case Law Records - 1986 for more on Calloway v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation discrimination lawsuit, see interview with Thomas Griffith, April 5, 2022.
3812
Social Security and Professional Services
"I eventually went into Social Security work with..."
Ellison mentions the people he worked with at Georgia Legal Services Program including several notable judges and attorneys. He talks about the development that led him to leave that program and open private businesses.
Community Care Service Program;Disabled;Elderly Legal Assistance;Ellison’s Professional Services;Georgia Legal Services;Income Tax Services;Insurance;John Rema;Judge David Sweat;Judge Kay Giese;Judge Patricia Barron;Kent Silver;Marvin J. Nunnally;Nancy Lindbloom;Pat Barron;Personal Injuries;Real Estate;Sharon Jackson;Sherry Jackson;Tax Preparation
http://metroatlantaceo.com/news/2017/05/chief-superior-court-judge-david-sweat-announces-retirement/
Article on Judge Sweat and wife Kay Giese
https://news.uga.edu/2020-community-dream-award-recipient-marvin-nunnally/
Article on Marvin J. Nunnally Jr.
https://www.accaging.org/case_study/judge-patricia-barron/
Article on Judge Pat Barron
https://silverandarchibald.com/attorneys/kent-e-silver/
Information re: Kent Silver
4063
Overcoming Prejudices
"My past has been a very checkered past..."
Ellison shares that he had many struggles but was blessed to get through difficult times. Ellison explains that the Black community should recognize their identity to overcome discrimination.
"Chosen People";African-American Community;Black Community;Blessings;Discrimination;Hinderances;In Spite of Hinderances;Intellect;Prejudice;Racism;Survive
4471
The Block and East Athens
"Do you own part of the block at one time?"
Ellison talks about a plaza in East Athens that was and still is Black-Owned and the process that he took to sell his property to another Black business-owner. He explains the importance of keeping ownership within the Black community. Ellison also touches on the high poverty rate in that community and the local government's lack of effort in poverty reduction.
ACC Commissioner Mariah Parker;Alcoholism;Bethel Homes;Black-Owned Business;Brooklyn;Dr. Frankie Hill;Drug Dealing;Drugs;East Athens;Edward Jones Financial Advisor;Feed My Sheep Inc.;Gentrification;Grover Smith;Homelessness;Hot Corner;John Clark;Julius Drive;Michele Pearson Tucker;Poverty;Rashe Malcolm;Rashe's Cuisine;The Resource Center;Triangle Plaza;Tutorial Services;Union Package;Veteran-Owned Business;Woman-Owned Business
33.956133, -83.354787
17
Triangle Plaza, aka "the Block," at intersection of Nellie B. Avenue, Vine Street and Fairview Street
https://rashecuisine.com/pages/our-story
Rashe Malcolm's Triangle Plaza restaurant About page
5338
Dream for The Block
"I understand your heart and soul was into the Triangle Plaza..."
Ellison continues his discussion of Triangle Plaza and explains the vision that he and a fellow Black business-leader had for the area. He shares his vision for a Black hotel and expresses his disappointment that the only one in Athens burned down and was never rebuilt.
"Black Mecca";Cunningham Hotel;Dream;East Broad Street;Eastside Business District, Athens, GA;Gressom Street;Rashe Malcolm;Rashe's Cuisine;Triangle Plaza;Walter Allen Jr.
5743
Clarke County Governance
"We talked about the commissioner that resigned. Have you met the new commissioner..."
Ellison discusses the state of Athens and Clarke County politics at the time of the interview. They specifically discuss a prominent young Black woman, Mariah Parker, and her attempts to make changes in the county.
Asia Thomas;Athens Clarke County Commissioner District 2;Community Involvement;Mariah Parker;Rashe Malcolm;Redistricting;Tiffany Taylor
5931
Advice to Younger Self
"Okay now I have one last question."
Ellison shares a few short pieces of advice that he would give to his younger self.
Determination;Never Give Up;Perseverance
oral history
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Interview with Isaiah Ellison, September 6, 2022
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
Voter suppression
School integration
African American business enterprises
Discrimination
Public welfare
Poverty
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Isaiah Ellison
William Breeding
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2022-09-06
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Isaiah Ellison was born to a large, rural Georgian family in 1948. During childhood, his family moved to several cities across the state of Georgia until they ended up in Athens, where Ellison still resides. In this interview, Ellison shares memories of KKK attacks on his homes, his father’s unofficial incarceration, and bullying at the integrated Athens High School. He also shares his career experiences, including sharecropping with his family, serving as a paralegal for the Georgia Legal Services Program, and opening his own businesses. Ellison concludes with discussions of East Athens, a business center called Triangle Plaza, and political representation in the local government.
OHMS
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Athens Oral History Project
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
Subject
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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Oral histories
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Athens, Georgia
Duration
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66 minutes
Repository
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-075/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview </a></span></h3>
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https://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-075/ohms
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5.4
2023-02-16
Interview with Diana Fairbairn, February 16, 2023
RBRL361AOHP-075
66 minutes
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Diana Fairbairn
Lillie Nored
0
Kaltura
audio
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Introduction
Okay, so, today is February 16th, 2023…
Fairbairn gives a brief overview of her background. She says she is a Scorpio and has been in Athens since 1990, even though she was born in Tennessee.
Chattanooga, Tn.;Ringgold, Ga.
57
Love of cooking
– I did have an affection for cooking.
Fairbairn shares that, since she grew up in a large family, learning to cook was essential in their house, but she enjoyed it more than other members of her family. She recalls the atmosphere at family reunions and how it was decided who makes what.
Baskin Robbins;catfish;family relations;Five Star Day Cafe
578
Culmination of work experience
Long story short, all those culminated into opening the restaurant.
Fairbairn relates how her various jobs in high school assisted her in forming the skills she would need to successfully run a restaurant, even if she didn’t know it at the time. She shares that she met her would-be husband working in retail and that they worked together in a restaurant later on while they were dating.
East-West Bistro;Gap;Hallmark;iHop;Last Resort Grill
858
Time at UGA
I wanted to be a writer.
Fairbairn talks about coming to the University of Georgia for her undergrad. In her search for a muse in writing, she says that she kept coming back to food. She describes how the atmosphere of Athens contributes to the food scene downtown.
accounting;mentoring
1116
Development of Five Star Day Cafe
There were four of us in the beginning.
Fairbairn discusses how Five Star supported local artists and musicians and says that her husband, who received an art degree, was very involved in the design of their menus and website. She explains how they were able to secure such a great location on Broad Street for Five Star.
creativity;graphic design;Hugh Acheson;Irvin Alhadeff;Last Resort Grill;UGA
1478
Menu inspiration and trends
How did you start developing the recipes?
Fairbairn says that the menu was a result of luck and premeditation. She talks about trying to preserve family recipes while implementing ways to make them more modern. She shares dishes that the public was passionate about but weren’t easy for Five Star to make.
<i>Flagpole</i>;foodways;soul food;tradition
2013
Reasons for Five Star success
– there was just a good crossroads there.
Fairbairn elaborates on the culmination of factors that she thinks is the reason Five Star was as popular as it was. She discusses the subsequent second location of Five Star on the East Side and how the functionality of the location differed from that of the Broad Street location.
community relations;franchising;local businesses
2361
Novelty of Five Star
– we kind of did it with a little bit of flair.
Fairbairn explains how Five Star was different from other soul food restaurants in the area at the time and in the present. She says that they took on a more bold atmosphere and that one of her friends used to joke that employees were required to have a tattoo and a piercing.
<i>Trouble with the Curve</i>;Amy Adams;character;Clint Eastwood;Flying Biscuit;Justin Timberlake;Stripling’s;Wilson’s Soul Food
2667
Work culture at Five Star
– one of the things we did was, we took care of our people really well.
Fairbairn shares that the restaurant would occasionally close for shows and around Mother’s Day and that the employees took an annual trip to go tubing which former employees would come back for. She describes a trust that developed between Five Star and its patrons.
churches;religion;Sunday brunch;Taste of Athens
3025
After the close of Five Star
– I was already transitioning to other places.
Fairbairn says that she was becoming interested in developing her own culinary skills and went on to become a pastry chef. She talks about the desire to keep learning more about cooking as she gets older in age and is in the industry longer.
baking;Farm 255;Farm Cart;ice cream
3497
Children / Working at UGA
Then I decided that I needed some better benefits.
Fairbairn talks about raising her two children in the restaurant business and how she got creative with their chores. She discusses working for UGA in catering and what she learned during her time there. She says that now she works for a local company in a position entirely unrelated to food, but she’s aiming to return to the food industry in the future.
catering;East Campus Village;Joe Frank Harris Dining Commons;t-ball
oral history
Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
audio
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Interview with Diana Fairbairn, February 16, 2023
Subject
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American women
African American business enterprises
Foodways
Central business districts
Restaurateurs
Restaurant management
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Diana Fairbairn
Lillie Norred
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2023-02-16
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audio
oral histories
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sound
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rbrl361aohp-075
Description
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Diana Fairbairn has lived in Athens since the early 90s and has had a substantial impact on the local scene of soul food. In this interview, Fairbairn talks about her introduction to food, her experience opening Five Star Day Cafe, and what she’s planning for the future after the COVID-19 pandemic. Fairbairn and her husband have two children, a son and a daughter, who Fairbairn is convinced will end up working in the food industry as they have.
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Athens Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Date
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2014-ongoing
Coverage
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Athens, Georgia
Identifier
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RBRL361AOHP
Subject
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
Rights
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Oral histories
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Location
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Athens, Georgia
Duration
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51 minutes
Repository
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-093/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview </a></span></h3>
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https://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-093/ohms
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5.4
2023-03-25
Interview with Shanna Sheats, March 25, 2023
RBRL361AOHP-093
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
russelluga
Shanna Sheats
William Breeding
0
Kaltura
audio
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Introduction and early memories
“My name is William Breeding Jr. and today is March the 15th, 2023, and I am here with Shanna Jackson Sheats.”
Breeding introduces himself and Sheats. Sheats spells her name for the record and shares the year she was born, 1975.
Athens, Ga; Black history; oral history
0
94
Birthday and early memories
“Now I know you don’t remember the particular day, but somebody told you about it.”
Sheats recalls her father’s memory of her birthday, about how he didn’t yet know she had been born. She then goes on to describe her first memory from her first day of preschool.
1970s; daycare; family; pre-k
0
345
Childhood education
“Ok, so um, after that, I entered elementary school at Timothy Road Elementary.”
Sheats shares her experience attending several Clarke County schools. She mentions that schools were fully integrated by her time and highlights how students were bussed in from Black communities to achieve integration while she lived in the school district. Sheats lists off her elementary teachers and several from middle and high school.
1980s; 1990s; Bethel Homes; Bettye Henderson Holston; Clarke Central High School; Clarke Middle School; DECA; FBLA; Timothy Road Elementary School; Timothy Road, Athens, Ga; discipline; introvert; nurturing; school bus; volleyball; busing
0
827
Extracurriculars
“Ok tell me what the DECA Program was about.”
Sheats describes participating in DECA in high school, a business-related extracurricular. She shares a story from March 1993, when she was snowed in at a DECA competition. Sheats mentions FBLA, another business-related extracurricular, before talking about playing on Clarke Central’s first volleyball team as blocker. She briefly reflects on her college choice.
Armstrong State University; Charles Stroud; Georgia Southern University–Armstrong Campus; Storm of the Century; University of West Georgia; college; collegiate sports; junior varsity; scholarship; varsity; DECA Inc.; Future Business Leaders of America
0
https://www.deca.org/
DECA
1073
Modeling Career
“Before we go to West Georgia, is there anything in high school that we haven’t covered?”
Sheats talks about taking modeling classes and participating in national modeling competitions throughout high school and then after college. She thanks her parents for not letting her get too far into modeling, bringing up the unhealthy practices of the industry, especially at the time.
Athens Modeling School; body image; modeling industry
0
1227
Graduation and moving away from Athens
“Graduation… how did that feel for you?”
Sheats recalls her feelings at graduation, and how she still wanted to continue in her education. She mentions how her friend group was small, and she didn’t miss them much after moving away.
friendship; high school graduation
0
1357
College education
“Well, tell me about your years at West Georgia.”
Sheats explains her college career and the schools she attended. She recalls transferring to Piedmont College to finish her bachelor’s degree. She shares that she started mortuary school during that time, and how it only took a year for her to finish. Sheats mentions her two masters’ degrees.
1990s; 2000s; Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Services; MBA; Pharmaceutical Sciences; University of Florida; University of West Georgia; business administration; forensic sciences; medical school; pathology
0
1678
Career
“Now I will say that after college, I did go work in higher education, in my field of studies, that I had a degree in.”
Sheats explains her career track post-graduation. She recalls working at her family’s funeral home after hours and on weekends to help, and how she realized it was her true calling. She briefly describes a workshop she started, focusing on grief processing and counseling for families, before moving on to talk about what it’s like to work in the mortuary business.
2000s; 2010s; Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home; University of Georgia (UGA); forgiveness; grief counseling; grieving process; humor; thankfulness; tragedy; workshops
0
2170
Historical role of funeral homes
“Changing notes from a historical position...”
Breeding shifts the conversation to talk about the historical role of funeral homes. Sheats continues the explanation, highlighting how funeral homes used to serve as ambulances for the Black community prior to integration. She mentions that her father got his start in the funeral business driving a hearse as an ambulance.
1950s; 1960s; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Movement; William Jackson; discrimination
0
2320
Ancestry and the Battle of Barber Creek
“Now since we are getting close to those twenty minutes that we still have, I want you to tell me who your parents are and go back as far as you can with grandparents and as far back as you can go.”
Sheats details her family’s lineage. She shares that her father’s side has lived on Timothy Road for several generations, before talking about her mother’s family from Oglethorpe County. Sheats then discusses the relocation of the Athens Confederate Monument. She shares her discovery of the monument and her dismay over its new location and the connection to her family.
Athens Confederate Monument; Barber Creek, Athens, GA; Battle of Barber’s Creek; Brightwell Plantation; Finch Plantation; Oconee Baptist Church, Stephens, GA; Oglethorpe County, Ga; Puritan Mill, Ga; Wire Bridge Road; grandparents; great-grandparents; lineage; sharecropping
33.912099739346274, -83.40303952734516
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Barber Creek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Confederate_Monument
Athens Confederate Monument - Wikipedia
2849
Advice for younger generations
“The last question, and I could go on and on but you have an appointment…”
Breeding asks what Sheats would tell her 10th grade self, and she shares her advice for the younger generations.
knowledge; learning
0
2957
Marriage and children/Closing
"Ok, and I said that would be the last question, I didn’t mean to mislead you…"
Sheats mentions her two sons and her husband, and their careers, before she and Breeding close the interview, thanking one another.
Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home; Mercer University; Sheats Barber & Beauty Shop
0
oral history
Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
audio
0
https://sol07.sewanee.edu/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=/render.php?cachefile=RBRL361AOHP-093.xml
RBRL361AOHP-093.xml
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Interview with Shanna Sheats, March 25, 2023
Subject
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American women
African American business enterprises
Business enterprises
Creator
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Shanna Sheats
William Breeding
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2023-03-25
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audio
oral histories
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rbrl361aohp-093
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Shanna Sheats was born in 1975 in Athens and grew up off Timothy Road. In this interview, Sheats recalls her integrated education at Timothy Road Elementary, Clarke Middle School, and Clarke Central High School. She discusses attending several colleges, including Piedmont College and mortuary college, and ending up at her current position as a Funeral Director at Jackson-McWhorter Funeral Home, run by her family. Sheats also highlights the critical roles played by funeral homes and directors, both in the past and modern day, and emphasizes the importance of knowledge and learning.
OHMS
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Athens Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
Creator
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Publisher
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Date
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2014-ongoing
Coverage
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Athens, Georgia
Identifier
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RBRL361AOHP
Subject
The topic of the resource
Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Oral histories
Oral History
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Location
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Athens, Georgia
Duration
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60 minutes
Repository
Name of repository the interview is from
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-114/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview </a></span></h3>
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https://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-114/ohms
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5.4
Interview with Barbara McRae, June 20, 2023
RBRL361AOHP-114
00:00:00
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
russelluga
Barbara McRae
William Breeding
0
Kaltura
audio
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The Oldest of Six / Gentle Nature
But when I was born, of course, I'm the oldest of six, three girls three boys...
McRae describes her role as the "boss" among her five siblings and her no-nonsense attitude. She also talks about the source of the gentle and calm spirit she is often described to have.
Siblings; Attitudes; Parents; Order; Christianity; God; Spirit; Growth; Confidence; Shyness
0
415
Parents and Grandparents / Memories of Youth
I would like for you to name your parents, grandparents, as far back as you can remember.
McRae gives a look at her lineage by providing the names of her parents and grandparents, and describes some of the traits of her mother's and father's sides of the family. She then reflects on her youth, recalling memories from early childhood through high school.
Kindergarten; Teachers; Clarks Hill, South Carolina; Cooking; Columbia County, Georgia; Appling, Georgia; Augusta, Georgia; Lucy C. Laney High School; T. W. Josie High School; Band; Majorette; Friends; Business
0
873
Meeting Husband / College and Career
...and my husband saw me at Fort Valley, we didn't talk or anything, but he remembered me from Fort Valley when he saw me in Augusta.
McRae retells the story of how she and her husband met, and gives some details about their relationship in its beginning. She also reflects on her post-high school years, explaining her ventures in college and some of the work she took on to help support herself and her husband.
Marriage; Matt McRae; Paine College; Augusta, Georgia; Friends; Benedict College; Fort Valley State University; Mortgage Banking; Substitute Teacher; Business; Economics; Academy of Richmond County; Teacher; Hancock Fabrics; Sewing; Seamstress; Crafts; Independence; Children; Grandchildren
0
1442
Starting a Dental Practice
When did you come to Athens?
Following their move to Athens in the early 1970s, McRae helped her husband begin a dental practice. She reflects on this moment in their lives and describes her role in the practice and the help they received from another dentist, Dr. George.
Athens, Georgia; 1970's; McRae Family Dental; Athens Shopping Center; Dentistry; Dr. George; Dr. Henson; Athens Dental Group; Receptionist; Accountant; Work-Life Balance; Marriage; Black Dentists; Hills Chapel Baptist Church; Materialism; Christianity; Worship
0
1899
Motherhood
Now, tell me about you and motherhood.
McRae discusses motherhood and having her children after a long time of wondering whether or not she would be able to. She shares that she was able to have four of her own children, and talks about running the practice and raising children at the same time.
Children; Children; Adoption; Christianity; God; Prayer; Parenting; Pregnancy; Strictness; Baxter Street; Cleveland Road Elementary School; Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School; Sons; Daughters
0
2335
Children's Personalities / Environments
If you could compare the two, their demeanors, in high school, middle school, how would you compare them?
McRae discusses the different personalities of her two daughters, and how she and her husband raised them. She then talks about the importance of maintaining a proper school environment for her children.
Demeanor; Clarke Central High School; Athletics; Respect; Equality; Grandchildren; Children; Daughters; Sons; Georgia State University; Florida A&M University; Discipline; Environment; Athens Christian School
0
2919
Graduation / Children's Careers
My feelings with my oldest son's graduation...
McRae discusses how difficult it was to send her children to college, and explains where each of her children received an education and where they each are now. She then offers advice to a younger version of herself, emphasizing the importance of maintaining faith in God.
Graduation; Parenting; Mississippi State University; Starkville, Mississippi; College; University of Georgia; Morehouse University; Education; Gallaudet University; Washington, D.C.; Entrepreneurship; Athens, Georgia; Maturing; Expectations; Buckhead; Happiness; Willie Green; West Broad Street School; Christianity; Faith; God
0
oral history
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0
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Interview with Barbara McRae, June 20, 2023
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American women
Motherhood
African American business enterprises
Religion
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Barbara McRae
William Breeding
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Barbara McRae was born the oldest of six and grew up in a variety of places around the Southeast including Clarks Hill, SC and Augusta, GA. In this interview she discusses her education, meeting her husband and helping him start McRae Family Dental in Athens, and her experiences in motherhood. Throughout the interview, she emphasizes the role of her faith and God in her life.
OHMS
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Dublin Core
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
Subject
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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Athens, Georgia
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80 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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5.4
Interview with Matthew McRae, June 20, 2023
RBRL361AOHP-115
00:00:00
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
russelluga
Matthew McRae
William Breeding
0
Kaltura
audio
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0
Birth and Family
McRae talks about being delivered by his grandmother in 1948, his family, and and what life was like in Telfair County before he began school.
1940's; Telfair County; McRae-Helena, Georgia; Family; Parents; Grandparents; Oil Lamp; Well Water; Slavery; Gang
0
493
Elementary School
Okay, so let's talk about elementary school.
McRae describes his experience in a segregated elementary school in rural Georgia.
Twin City Elementary School; Twin City High School; McRae-Helena, Georgia; Railroad; Segregation; School; Grade Division; Resource Allocation; Sister; Studying; Reading; Games; Marbles; Baseball; Basketball; Sports
0
1095
Television and Starting High School
Now, how old were you when you got a television?
McRae talks about what entertainment was like in the 50s and describes the whole neighborhood gathering at a house to watch television as well as radio broadcasts of sports. He then talks about the transition from elementary to high school between the 7th and 8th grades.
1950's; Television; Donald Duck; Woody Woodpecker; Radio; WLAC Radio; Nashville, Tennessee; Gospel; Sunday School; Church; Sports; 1960's; Telfair County; Twin City High School
0
1625
High School Continued / Home Life
9th Grade was, I think Mr. Button was my teacher there.
McRae further discusses his time in high school, from band class to basketball. He talks about classes and clubs like Shop and New Farmers of America before describing the ways he and his siblings helped out at home.
Band; Saxophone; Twin City High School; Future Farmers of America; New Farmers of America; Shop Class; Gardening; Woodwork; Basketball; Wood Delivery; Business Sense; Tithe; Cooking
0
2234
Violence in McRae-Helena / Finishing High School
Was there any conflict? I know you said there were gangs...
McRae talks about the presence of violence in McRae-Helena throughout his youth and its relationship to the heavy presence of alcohol. He then talks about his 11th and 12th grade years including prom and decision making surrounding college.
Gangs; Protests; Riots; Fights; Alcohol; Violence; Prom; College; Basketball; Integration; Graduation; Biology; Chemistry; Fort Valley University; Morehouse University; Georgia Tech; Engineering
0
2694
Beginning Dentistry / Meeting Barbara
Had you thought about becoming a dentist in high school?
McRae explains his decision to go into dentistry after initially beginning in biology, and reflects on the process of entering and completing dentistry school. He also reflects on meeting his wife, Barbara, during his time in dentistry school and the positive effect she had on him while there
1960's; Telfair County; Dentistry; Inheritance; Fort Valley State University; Education; Wheeler County, Georgia; Substitute Teaching; Medicine; Post Baccalaureate; Dentistry School; 1970's
0
3261
U.S. Navy / Fatherhood
So I actually joined the Navy, I had all my physicals and everything...
McRae tells the story of signing up to do dentistry in the Navy, but being appreciative that he didn't have to go. He also discusses his decision to maintain three dental offices in Athens instead of opening more. He then talks about fatherhood and the importance of maintaining a good parenting environment for his children.
Navy; Vietnam War; Dentists; 1970's; Mobile Home; McRae Family Dental; Gwinnett County, Georgia; Athens, Georgia; Public School; Private School; Environment; Respect
0
3727
Business Ventures in Athens
Had some unusual business ventures here in Athens...
McRae discusses some of the business ventures of varying success he has participated in outside of dentistry since moving to Athens.
Business; 1980's; The Manhattans; Greed; Church's Chicken; Debt; Land Development; Georgia Square Mall; Savings; Finances; Expenses
0
4141
Financial Decision-Making / Advice
She said that y'all, your first house was a trailer...
McRae discusses the strategy he used for his housing and finances during university, and shares his stance that members of the current generation often seek luxuries beyond their means during college. He also offers to the youth his advice that is centered around work ethic, discipline, and a recognition of one's calling.
Saving; Finances; Mobile Home; Starter House; Fort Valley State University; Home Ownership; Resources; Work-Ethic; Boundaries; Macon, Georgia; Discipline; Work Ethic
0
oral history
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Interview with Matthew McRae, June 20, 2023
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
Business enterprises
African American business enterprises
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Matthew McRae
William Breeding
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rbrl361aohp-115
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Matthew McRae was born in McRae-Helena, Georgia and attended Twin City Elementary and High Schools. After attending Fort Valley State University and dentistry school he, along with his wife Barbara, started McRae Family Dental in Athens, which now operates three offices. This interview focuses on McRae’s development through school, his operation of a medical practice, and the details of the financial aspect of being a medical practitioner and entrepreneur.
OHMS
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Dublin Core
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Athens Oral History Project
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An account of the resource
The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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Location
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Athens, Georgia
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99 minutes
Repository
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-116/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview </a></span></h3>
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5.4
Interview with Tracy Smith, June 21, 2023
RBRL361AOHP-116
00:00:00
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
russelluga
Tracy Smith
William Breeding
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Kaltura
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Introductions / Family History
Today is the 21st of June, 2023. My name is William Breeding, and I am here with Ms. Tracy Smith.
Ms. Smith describes her family and shares the fact that her mother gave birth to her at the age of sixteen. She then talks about her father's eccentricities, such as keeping a Bible on the dashboard of his car.
Teen pregnancy; Street preachers; Family; Religion
0
474
Family and Childhood in Athens and Atlanta
Tell me some of your earliest memories, let's start at Kindergarten, mainly school days...
Smith talks about her time in school and how that time was divided between Athens and Atlanta. She then reflects on spending a lot of time alone as a child and her family dynamics.
Whitehead Road Elementary; Margaret Fain Elementary; Siblings / Family; Childhood
0
937
Marching Bands / The Culture of Athens v. Atlanta
Which did you enjoy more: the Atlanta atmosphere or the country of Athens?
Smith reflects on the cultural differences between Athens and Atlanta, most notably in the marching bands. She explains the impact of seeing Black marching band performers had on her creatively, and how she came to join the bannerettes.
African American cultures; Drill teams / Marching bands
0
1482
Experiences in School
OK, let's stay in this area, and let's talk about the classroom. What was your favorite subject?
Smith expresses her enthusiasm for all school subjects and then discusses the disconnection she felt from her white teachers as opposed to her Black teachers. She then talks about the difficulties of moving between Athens and Atlanta, and having to fight to protect herself and her brothers.
Education / Educators; Family; Fights; Race relations
0
2088
Time as a Cheerleader / The Performing Arts
What was being a cheerleader like?
Smith discusses her love for performing arts. She alludes to her participation in various beauty pageants and talks about her time as a cheerleader. She also talks about the differences between white and Black performers.
Cheerleaders; Music; Discipline; Marching bands
0
2660
An Outsider's View of Athens, Georgia
Some people have gifts that they just don't expound upon.
Smith talks about her unique perspective resulting from her upbringing in both Atlanta and Athens, and how that perspective has formed her personality.
Athens, GA; Atlanta, GA; Perspectives
0
2895
Teenage Pregnancy
I was happy to be able to have graduated.
Smith discusses becoming a teenage mother, and being pregnant while still in high school. She talks about the process of discovering that she was pregnant, her mother's reaction, and the difficulties she faced, but she also comments on the support she received from her family.
Teenage mothers; High school graduations; Parenthood; Family
0
3617
Career in Telecommunications
I enrolled in the retail marketing program at Athens Tech.
Smith talks about her enrollment in Athens Technical College and getting a job at WXAG radio station. She then discusses various jobs she has held in her career in radio, advertising, and television. She emphasizes the importance of remaining humble and respecting other peoples' sacrifices in the industry.
Athens Technical College; WXAG radio; Michael Thurmond; Clark Atlanta University; ATL After Dark
0
4304
Miss Elegance and Miss Northeast Georgia Beauty Pageants
I wasn't part of Miss Black Athens because I was a young mother with a baby, and that was a no-no.
Smith talks about her involvement in beauty pageants, notably, Miss Elegance. She then discusses directing the Miss Northeast Georgia Pageant and the effect that has had on her life.
Beauty pageants; Miss Elegance; Miss Northeast Georgia
0
4628
Fishing and the Beauty of Memory
I've been an outdoorsman, you know I used to do things in the outdoors.
Smith talks about her love of fishing which she inherited from her grandfather, and being able to share the outdoors with her son. She then reflects on memory and her privilege of being raised in a loving household.
Family; Fishing; Memory
0
4989
The Dangers of the Modeling Industry
You say, 'can be taken advantage of,' truly people are being taken advantage of.
Smith discusses the predatory nature of the modeling industry and how it can facilitate the exploitation of young women. She then emphasizes the importance of having a supportive family to protect her from those dangers.
Modeling; Family; Sexual exploitation
0
5349
Traco Media
Well, Traco Media is my baby. It's a company that I started a long time ago.
Smith talks about her company Traco Media that offers various multi-media marketing services. She discusses her passion for that field and the difficulties that she has had and continues to face in pursuance of her goals, and the spiritual base from which she draws strength.
Traco Media; Marketing; Business / Businesses; Robert "Fat Cat" Johnson; USA Times Newspaper; Religion
0
5801
Conclusion
Well, success is measured by many people in many different ways.
Smith gives advice to her younger self and emphasizes the importance of staying true to her goals and keeping faith in God. The interview concludes.
Success; Faith / Religion; Perseverance
0
oral history
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Interview with Tracy Smith, June 21, 2023
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American women
African American business enterprises
Business enterprises
Motherhood
Broadcast journalism
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Tracy Smith
William Breeding
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2023-6-21
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Tracy Smith was born in 1963. Her childhood was shared between Athens and Atlanta, and she constantly moved between the two. She attended Athens Technical School and interned at WXAG radio in Athens which began a long career in marketing and telecommunications. She is currently the marketing strategist at Traco Media, a company which she founded. In this interview she discusses her career in marketing, as well as her experience as a teenage mother, the modeling industry, and her family.
OHMS
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Dublin Core
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Athens Oral History Project
Description
An account of the resource
The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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Athens, Georgia
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76 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-119/audio" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview </a></span></h3>
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5.4
Interview with Quaison Payne, July 26, 2023
RBRL361AOHP-119
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
russelluga
Quaison Payne
Tracy Smith
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Kaltura
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Early Life: from Birth to Civil Engineer
My name is Tracy Smith and I'm here with Mr. Quaison Payne, and he is in the Traco Media studio.
Mr. Payne provides a brief account of his early life. He begins by describing his parents and siblings, and from there talks about his educational career, and finally explains his reasons for returning to Athens to work with his father in the construction business after earning a degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech.
Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital; Fowler Drive Elementary School; Lyons Middle School; Cedar Shoals High School; Payne Construction Commercial, Inc.
33.952705, -83.366121
17
Former location of Lyons Middle School.
386
Wife and Children / Negative Experiences at Cedar Shoals
In 1993 I met the love of my life, Mrs. Carla Payne, who is a UGA alumni, and I married a Bulldog.
Payne discusses his relationship with his wife Carla, who works as a receptionist at Timothy Road Elementary School. He then talks about his two children, Logan and Taylor, and their respective lives and aspirations. He also describes some instances of violence while he was a student at Cedar Shoals, including a shooting which he attributes to animosity between Eastside and Westside.
Timothy Road Elementary School; Cedar Shoals High School; Marriage / Family; Intracity violence
0
781
Affordable Housing / Professional Achievements
Now I'm trying to do something that will help... those people that are...displaced by 'business as usual'.
Payne discusses his passion for the issue of affordable housing, especially in Athens. He then talks about the distinct accomplishment of constructing a building on every military base in Georgia.
Contractors; Affordable housing crisis; Construction; Military bases
0
1215
The Causes of the Affordable Housing Crisis / Moving Beyond Praise
I went back to the overalls because I wanted to be approachable to people, I wanted people to feel at home when they were around me.
Payne discusses his desire to remain approachable despite his accomplishments and qualifications, and not letting himself get caught up in receiving awards or praise. He recalls being asked to split the honor of being valedictorian of his high school class with another student who was less deserving of it, and then talks in detail about the problem of unaffordable housing in the Athens area.
Cedar Shoals High School; Athens, GA; Academic achievement; Racism; Capitalism
0
1727
The Housing Market and Duplicity of Capitalism
There's plenty of apartments going up everywhere. But even the apartments now are $1500 a month.
Payne discusses the housing market, and the problems faced by those who want to become homeowners. He also talks about increasing rent, and the importance of prioritizing people over profit.
Rental property; Cost of living; Home ownership; Fortune 500 companies
0
2275
Opinions on Police Reform
There's some other things I'd like to get involved in...one is gun control, and two is police reform.
Payne talks about his opinions on police reform, and emphasizes the importance of involving the public in the policing process and bridging the gap between citizens and law enforcement.
Tyre Nichols / Police brutality; Georgia State Patrol; Body cameras; Civil rights
0
https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-beating-death-memphis-officers-4f0bb4c16face7ee5e2b3c8c9c7cfd4b
Associated Press article on the criminal proceedings against police officers involved in the death of Tyre Nichols.
2947
Dealing with Change
The one thing that you have to deal with in life to keep your stress level low, is change.
Payne speaks on the importance of being able to accept change, and being willing to accept the wishes of the majority even when their wishes are not his own.
Water Street / Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway; Special interest groups; The Bottom; Gentrification
0
3531
Personal Influences and Role Models
Have there been any African Americans in Athens-Clarke County that have influenced you...?
Payne speaks of the many people in his life who have had a positive impact on him. He begins with his parents and then talks about his school teachers. He emphasizes how race becomes irrelevant in the face of deep personal connections, and cherishes all those who have influenced him, white or Black.
Vernon Payne; Debbie Waters / John Waters; Lacy Johnson; Athens-Clarke County public schools; Mack Sewell
0
https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/vernon-payne-steps-down-from-clarke-county-school-board-after-40-years/article_827cdf72-22bf-11e9-be41-ab561b6f5699.html
Red and Black article on Vernon Payne's tenure on the Clarke County School Board
4049
God and Community
My brother--both of us went to the Maddox Center, we shared a lunchbox.
Payne recalls going to the F. C. Maddox Center on Magnolia St. with his brother. He then discusses various preachers who have positively affected him and stresses the importance of being involved in the community and committed to God.
F. C. Maddox Center; Chuck Swindoll; Raphael Warnock; Democracy
0
https://africanamericanheritagesites.stqry.app/en/story/44110
A brief description of the F. C. Maddox Center's history
oral history
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Interview with Quaison Payne, July 26, 2023
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American business enterprises
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Central business districts
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Quaison Payne
Tracy Smith
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Quaison Payne was born in 1965 in Athens, Georgia. He attended Fowler Drive Elementary, Lyons Middle School, and Cedar Shoals High School before going to Georgia Tech and earning a degree in civil engineering. Upon returning to Athens, Payne began working with his father and formed a commercial wing to his father’s construction company. He continues to run the family business, and has been instrumental in shaping downtown Athens and constructing buildings across Georgia. In this interview he discusses his education and his professional career, as well as his family, his passion for addressing the issue of affordable housing, police reform, and the people of Athens who made him who he is today.
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The Athens Oral History Project was initiated in 2014 to document modern Athens history, roughly from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Interviews cover topics such as neighborhoods and communities in Athens, civil rights demonstrations, African American history, as well as personal histories of narrators.<br /><br /><span><strong>Content Warning</strong>: Some interviews in this collection contain harmful or distressing content, to include racism, racial violence, and racial slurs.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=1&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Athens, Georgia
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RBRL361AOHP
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
African Americans--History
Athens Black History
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Athens, Georgia
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74 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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5.4
Interview with Deloris Hester, August 9, 2023
RBRL361AOHP-129
RBRL361AOHP
Athens Oral History Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
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Deloris Hester
Tracy Smith
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Early Life in Athens, Georgia
So, were you born here in Athens, Georgia?
Mrs. Hester talks about her early childhood. She recalls her and her siblings' birthday parties, segregated doctors' offices, and attending Mattie Eberhart's daycare. She also talks about her family growing vegetables in their garden and female students not being able to wear pants to school.
Birthday parties; West Broad Elementary School; Segregation; Mattie Eberhart; Gardens; Gendered dress codes
0
636
Transportation / Childhood Games and Pastimes
We did lots of walking back in those days, cause Mama and Daddy--neither one--didn't drive a car.
Hester discusses having to walk or take the bus and how this kept her healthy. She also talks about the various activities and games she participated in as a child such as watching movies at the Harlem Theater and playing a game called rock school. She then reflects her family's shared love of the drums.
Public transportation / taxi cabs; Roosevelt Green Jr.; Harlem Theater; Jack stones; Drums
0
1146
Education and Segregation at Athens General Hospital
I went to West Broad from 1st grade to 5th, then they transferred me to Lyons School for a year.
Hester describes her time at Lyons Middle School and reflects on how planes at Ben Epps Airport would interrupt class. She then talks about segregation at Athens General Hospital during her time as a nurse there and recalls the nurses being required to wear dresses, and eventually being allowed to wear pants.
Athens High and Industrial / Burney-Harris High School; Dr. Donarell Green Jr.; Athens General Hospital; Segregation; Lyons Middle School
0
1578
Professional Career / Raising a Family
I never worked in a factory or in the eateries. Always at the hospital. Well, I did one year, I worked at Young World Daycare Center.
Hester discusses her career in healthcare including working as a hospital nurse, providing outpatient care, and working at Young World Daycare in Lilburn, GA. She also talks about staying home with her children according to her husband's wishes. She then describes how she met her husband and her relationship with her children
Daycare centers; Aaron Hester Sr.; Healthcare professionals; Family; Home education
0
2127
City Life, Segregation, and Civil Rights in Athens
Even when I was growing up, I was not allowed to come on the east side of town.
Hester talks about the cultural division between the east side of Athens and the west. She recalls what central downtown was like and discusses segregated water fountains and bathrooms. She then recalls the positive effects of civil rights protests in Athens.
Segregation; Suburban expansion; Intercity divisions; Hot Corner; Civil rights demonstrations
0
2558
Race and The University of Georgia / Hester & Barnett Service Station.
Do you recall the integration at the University of Georgia?
Hester talks about her family's experiences with the University of Georgia. Notably, her brother being denied admission, and later receiving a job at UGA and being denied a raise despite earning a doctorate degree while employed there. She then discusses her husband's business, and his relationship to the community. She also recalls sneaking out to watch civil rights protests downtown.
University of Georgia; Hester & Barnett Service Station; African American business owners; Civil rights demonstrations
0
3027
Nightlife after High School / Son, Aaron Hester Jr.
My parents were so strict, I couldn't really date or go out until I finished high school.
Hester discusses going to house parties and dancehalls in Athens after graduating and her parents were less strict. She then talks about her son, Aaron Hester Jr., and his unusual intelligence as a child, and his current occupation as a math teacher in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Killian's Club; House of Blue Lights; African American night life; House parties; Education
0
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn04233872/1995-01-01/ed-1/seq-28/
An obituary for Marion B. Stroud (the owner of the House of the Blue Lights). In the obituary is a description of the nightclub.
3423
Reading Books and Watching Television
All I can say is: stay in school. Read. Books not Kindle, books, paper books.
Hester talks about her love of reading and her ability to read several books at once. She then discusses some of the television shows she watches.
Books / Reading; Television programs; Soap operas; CBS Broadcasting Inc.
0
3880
Learning to Drive / Gentrification of Athens
In fact, I bought a car before I even got my driving license--which they don't do nowadays.
Hester recalls taking her brothers' car out for drives through the neighborhood while they were asleep. She then discusses the impact of the University of Georgia on life in Athens and speaks on the ways in which Athenians are being neglected while the University expands. She also talks about the general cost of living in Athens.
Pauldoe Housing Community; Cars / Automobiles; University of Georgia; Gentrification; Housing costs; Energy assistance programs
0
oral history
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Interview with Deloris Hester, August 9, 2023
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
African American women
African American business enterprises
Segregation
Gender
Gentrification
University and colleges--University of Georgia
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Deloris Hester
Tracy Smith
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2023-8-9
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Deloris Hester was born in Athens, Georgia in 1947. She went to West Broad Elementary and Lyons Middle School before attending Athens High and Industrial School. After graduating high school she worked as a nurse at Athens General Hospital and married her late husband, Aaron Hester Sr., who owned Hester & Barnett Service Station. They had six children together. In this interview she discusses her family and childhood in Athens and life under segregation. She also discusses her career, nightlife in Athens in the 1960s, raising a family of her own and the University of Georgia’s relationship with Athens natives.
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Athens Music Project Oral History Collection
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The Athens Music Project Oral History Collection is part of the Athens Music Project (AMP), a Willson Center for Humanities and Arts research cluster co-directed by Jean Kidula and Susan Thomas. Interviews in this collection document the development of Athens as a breeding ground for multiple musical communities--the most prominent of them being the Southern independent rock scene. Other areas to be documented include a variety of African-American musical traditions, hip-hop, jazz, bluegrass, folk music traditions, Latin music, new music and conceptual sound art, classical music, and musical theater, and AthFest.<br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=2&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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Music
Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Music
Georgia--Communities
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RBRL379AMP
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Athens, Georgia
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66 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2018-07-10
Interview with Bernard Anderson (Pharaoh Gottie), July 10, 2018
RBRL379AMP-087
66 minutes
RBRL379AMP
Athens Music Project Oral History Collection
Bernard Anderson (Pharaoh Gottie)
Montu Miller
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Early hip hop in Athens
When was the first time you heard music?
Anderson describes being introduced to music at a young age, and he talks about trying to be a DJ in the sixth grade. He discusses the difficulty of growing up during the Crack epidemic, mentioning tension between neighborhoods. He goes on to talk about how the Twin Boys were the first hip hop artists to record in Athens. He also talks about Butcher, GTO Boys, Lo' Down and Duddy, B-Town Trap Boys, and Big Earl, explaining how music was divided by neighborhood.
Bethel Homes;family;hip hop music;mixtapes
B-Town Trap Boys / Big Earl and the Twin Boys
Then we had B-Town Trap Boys.
Anderson describes how the B Town Trap music movement was influenced by the crack cocaine epidemic. He discusses how music was concentrated in different neighborhoods. He describes the popularity of the B Town Trap Boys, mentioning how fighting prevented them from signing record deals and caused them to break up. He also talks about the Twin Boys and Big Earl and discusses their decision to stay independent instead of signing with a record label.
hip hop;illegal drugs;Lady K (rapper);record companies;violence
Early business experience
After that didn't work out so to speak, did you stop doing music?
Anderson describes talking a break from music management before starting to make his own music. He talks about currently working with younger talent in Athens, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and mutual support. He discusses owning a record store, beauty store, and restaurant before losing his businesses due to his involvement with drugs and violence. Anderson then explains how he got a new job and opened new businesses.
Black business owners;Homer Wilson;Hot Corner;illegal drugs;music management;networking;political involvement;voter registration;Wilson's Soul Food
Hot Corner / Difference between hip hop in Athens and Atlanta
Do you remember Hot Corner?
Anderson talks about the gentrification of Hot Corner, discussing how there used to be more Black owned businesses downtown. He describes hip hop show venues. He also compares the hip hop scenes in Athens and Atlanta, and he emphasizes how hip hop artists have to go to Atlanta in order to really become successful. He says people in Athens are more individualistic while people in Atlanta are more collaborative.
40 Watt;Black clubs;Hot Corner Festival;Montu Miller;music business;networking
Experience as business owner
To me, you've always been--people who walk that walk-- but you've been the example of a businessman.
Anderson talks about owning a barber shop, saying that it connects him to the "pulse of the city." He discusses the issues of racial violence and police shootings and describes how people in the Black community are becoming more politically involved. He also talks about the importance of politicians being involved in the local community, and he emphasizes the necessity of understanding history.
Black businessmen;code-switching;political engagement;political leaders;segregation
Influence of Family
You're a very valuable leader in Athens.
Anderson describes how he got his leadership skills from his family, mentioning how his father owned businesses and his mother brought him to church. He discusses his father's kind-hearted nature, and he describes growing up on a farm. He says that hip hop is very popular now, but it is essential to know the history and people behind hip hop's modern success.
Black businessmen;Black churches;children;country;family;religion
Oral history
No transcript.
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Interview with Bernard Anderson (Pharaoh Gottie), July 10, 2018
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Bernard Anderson (Pharaoh Gottie)
Montu Miller
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2018-07-10
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Athens, Georgia
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Bernard Anderson aka Pharaoh Gottie grew up in Athens. He became involved with hip hop at a young age, and he helped manage various artists. Anderson has owned numerous businesses in Athens including a record store, beauty store, and restaurant. In this interview, he discusses early hip-hop artists in Athens and his experience as a Black business owner.
Subject
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African American musicians
African American business enterprises
Athens Black History
Hip-hop
OHMS
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Athens Music Project Oral History Collection
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An account of the resource
The Athens Music Project Oral History Collection is part of the Athens Music Project (AMP), a Willson Center for Humanities and Arts research cluster co-directed by Jean Kidula and Susan Thomas. Interviews in this collection document the development of Athens as a breeding ground for multiple musical communities--the most prominent of them being the Southern independent rock scene. Other areas to be documented include a variety of African-American musical traditions, hip-hop, jazz, bluegrass, folk music traditions, Latin music, new music and conceptual sound art, classical music, and musical theater, and AthFest.<br /><br /><a href="http://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=2&type=&tags=OHMS&featured=&subcollections=0&subcollections=1&submit_search=Search+for+items">View all OHMS indexed interviews in this collection here.</a>
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2014-ongoing
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Athens, Georgia
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Music
Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Music
Georgia--Communities
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RBRL379AMP
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5.4 2020-10-15 Interview with Tarik Camp (Top Cat), October 15, 2020 RBRL379AMP-102 95 minutes RBRL379AMP Athens Music Project Oral History Collection Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Tarik Camp (Top Cat) Montu Miller 0 Kaltura audio < ; iframe id=" ; kaltura_player" ; src=" ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1727411/sp/172741100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/26879422/partner_id/1727411?iframeembed=true& ; playerId=kaltura_player& ; entry_id=1_k09bc0bu& ; flashvars[streamerType]=auto& ; amp ; flashvars[localizationCode]=en& ; amp ; flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left& ; amp ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical& ; amp ; flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false& ; amp ; flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder& ; amp ; flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true& ; amp ; flashvars[hotspots.plugin]=1& ; amp ; flashvars[Kaltura.addCrossoriginToIframe]=true& ; amp ; & ; wid=1_knk1qpki" ; width=" ; 400" ; height=" ; 285" ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen allow=" ; autoplay * ; fullscreen * ; encrypted-media *" ; sandbox=" ; allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" ; frameborder=" ; 0" ; title=" ; Kaltura Player" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; 16 Childhood musical influences What's the first thing you... Camp recalls his earliest musical influences and talks about how he purchased records as a young child. Camp talks about the influence his mother and father had on his upbringing, as his father was a D.J. and his mother was a singer. childhood ; Clark Central High School ; music ; singing ; theater 446 Attending high school / First D.J. experiences So growing up, how was it.... Camp describes the Clarke County High School gifted program. Camp talks about his favorite teacher and the life lessons she taught him. Camp explains his first introduction to music as a practice D.J. Clarke County High School ; gifted program ; Political economics ; programming 918 Hip-hop in Athens, Georgia You could drive a scooter legally ... Camp talks about his first recording experience and the emergence of the hip-hop culture in Athens. Camp describes the lack of outlets for hip-hop performances in the city and his lack of knowledge about the Athens indie band music culture. Athens, Georgia ; Hip-Hop 1325 Atlanta's music scene That stuff just didn't, it was there... Camp describes the influence the Athens music scene had on the emergence of Atlanta's music scene. Camp talks about his early D.J. work and his introduction to rap music. Atlanta, Georgia ; Jason Brown ; Jermaine Dupri 1804 Developing a music style When I first started making, when we... Camp explains his earliest musical influences and his initial lack of understanding the diversity in hip-hop styles. Camp talks about DJ'ing with Jermaine Dupri and the development of his own " ; east coast" ; hip-hop sound. DJ ; Jermain Dupri 2237 Mascom and record releases That's when I created the entity... Camp talks about the development of his own music sound and the creation of his band, Mascom. Camp explains the success of the records he released and how he advertised his music on the internet. Camp talks about his work with rapper Chuck D and the development of his own musical message. hip-hop ; internet ; mainstream music ; Mascom Chuck D 2671 Taking a break from music At what point didn't you, at what point... Camp recalls his decision to take a break from music and focus on business and marketing. Camp talks about the ways in which working in music taught him about marketing. hip-hop ; marketing ; Squeeze King Lemonade 3081 Current music outlook / Reflections on the year 2020 Hip-hop itself didn't teach me about... Camp describes how his creativity towards music inspired his marketing strategies. Camp talks about his company Squeeze King Lemonade and his take on current music production. Camp discusses the year 2020 and his opinion on the state of the African American community. business ; marketing ; Squeeze King Lemonade 3519 Recent music endeavors So you said you make music... Camp talks about his current inspirations in music production, and his acceptance of his age as a music producer. Camp describes the creation of his nickname, Top Cat. Andre 3000 ; Eminem ; music production 3938 Family life / Other artists in Athens So, you have a family now, right... Camp talks about his family. He also shares some of his earliest interactions with music producers in Athens and the lack of competition in his area. Athens, Georgia ; Atlanta, Georgia ; Chilly C. ; family ; Kid Krush 4399 Influences outside of Athens We didn't even know that you could go... Camp talks about his early influences in rap outside of the Athens community. Camp describes his relationship with the University of Georgia as an inspiration. Camp talks about his father's work as an entrepreneur. Planet Rock ; R& ; B music ; University of Georgia 4942 Favorite places in Athens / Concluding thoughts Do you have any brothers... Camp recalls his favorite place in Athens, a restaurant called Guthrey's that shut down. Camp talks about his wish to discover more about the Athens-Atlanta music scene. Athens, Georgia ; Guthrey's ; Jason Brown ; Morton Theater ; siblings Oral history Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule. audio 0 http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL379AMP/findingaid
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Athens, Georgia
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90 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Interview with Tarik Camp (Top Cat), October 15, 2020
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RBRL379AMP-102
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Tarik Camp (Top Cat)
Montu Miller
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African Americans--History
Athens Black History
Hip-hop
African American musicians
African American business enterprises
Business enterprises
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Tarik Camp, also known as Top Cat, was born in Athens, Georgia. His mother worked as a singer and his father as a DJ. Growing up, Camp worked as a D.J and music creator before he formed the band, Mascom. Camp currently has a wife and two daughters and creates music as a hobby. He is the CEO of Squeeze King Lemonade.<br /><br /><span>This interview was recorded remotely.</span>
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2020-10-15
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Athens, Georgia
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Griffin African American Oral History Project
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Georgia--History, Local
African Americans--History
Georgia--Communities
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The Griffin African American Oral History Project is a collaboration between the Griffin Branch NAACP, the Griffin Campus Library of the University of Georgia, and the Richard B. Russell Library. The seed was planted in the meetings of the Educational Prosperity Initiative which is also chaired by the president of the Griffin Branch NAACP, Jewel Walker-Harps. Collaborators on the project include: Griffin Housing Authority; Spalding County Collaborative; Fairmont Alumni Association; University of Georgia—Athens and Griffin campuses; and the Educational Prosperity Initiative, which is an affiliate of the Spalding County Collaborative and others. Interviewers on the project include: John Cruickshank, librarian at UGA-Griffin Campus Library; Jewel Walker-Harps, President of the Griffin, GA Branch of the NAACP; Art Cain, coordinator of Continuing Education for UGA-Griffin; Be-Atrice Cunningham, project manager for College of Agricultural and Environmental Science for Griffin; and Ellen Bauske, senior public service associate at the Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture in Griffin. Rich Braman was the sound engineer for this project. <br />The Griffin African American Oral History Project intends to document the experiences of people who lived in Fairmont Community in Griffin, Georgia during the civil rights era and through its transformation to the present day.<br /><br />All interviews in this collection have been indexed in OHMS.
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Griffin, Georgia
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5.4 Interview with Kenda Suzette Fuller-Woodard, December 13, 2017 RBRL418GAA-017 RBRL418GAA Griffin African American Oral History Project Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Kenda Suzette Fuller-Woodard Art Cain Jewel Walker-Harps George Braman 0 Kaltura audio < ; iframe id=" ; kaltura_player" ; src=" ; https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/1727411/sp/172741100/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/26879422/partner_id/1727411?iframeembed=true& ; playerId=kaltura_player& ; entry_id=1_9jovdvop& ; flashvars[localizationCode]=en& ; flashvars[leadWithHTML5]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.position]=left& ; flashvars[sideBarContainer.clickToClose]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[chapters.layout]=vertical& ; flashvars[chapters.thumbnailRotator]=false& ; flashvars[streamSelector.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[EmbedPlayer.SpinnerTarget]=videoHolder& ; flashvars[dualScreen.plugin]=true& ; flashvars[Kaltura.addCrossoriginToIframe]=true& ; & ; wid=1_aayq4o1g" ; width=" ; 400" ; height=" ; 285" ; allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozAllowFullScreen allow=" ; autoplay * ; fullscreen * ; encrypted-media *" ; sandbox=" ; allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" ; frameborder=" ; 0" ; title=" ; Kaltura Player" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; 39 Fairmount, Georgia community / Early education Okay, well actually, this journey... Fuller-Woodard talks about growing up in the Fairmount community of Georgia. She describes the demographic of her childhood community, as many of the community members were educators. Fuller-Woodard mentions her experience graduating from North-Side Elementary School. Columbus Fuller ; Dave Franklin Fuller ; Fairmount, Georgia ; Margaret Fuller ; Moore Elementary School ; North-Side Elementary School 418 Church / Dave Franklin Fuller We went to church every Sunday... Fuller-Woodard talks about the spiritual nature of her community's church. Fuller-Woodard describes how her family, the Fullers, had owned a section of the town in Fairmount Georgia, owned by her great grandfather Dave Franklin Fuller during the 1960's. Fuller-Woodard talks about the impact of church on her upbringing. church ; Dave Franklin Fuller ; New Hope Baptist Church 804 Griffin, Georgia community At the age of fifteen... Fuller-Woodard talks about her great-grandfather David Franklin's family. Fuller-Woodard recalls watching the Fairmount High School band and football games. Fuller-Woodard emphasizes the sense of community in Griffin, Georgia and talks about her earliest memories of segregation. community ; Fairmount, High School ; Griffin, Georgia ; James Mancon 1250 African American businesses in Griffin, Georgia But I can say that I can... Fuller-Woodard relates her experience being one of the only black students in her educational community. Fuller-Woodard recalls some of the black businesses around the Griffin community during the 1960's. Fuller-Woodard talks about her uncle's participation in Civil Rights. American Legion ; Atlanta Life ; Horris Fuller Jr. ; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ; Snow's Rib Shack 1667 Simmons's Grocery I know the Simmons... Fuller-Woodard talks about her family's account, which they used to purchase groceries from Simmons's Grocery. Fuller-Woodard describes more of the African American businesses around Griffin, Georgia. Bamboo Hut ; Benjamin Dey ; Griffin, Georgia ; Simmons's Grocery ; Spalding Undertaker 2114 Fairmount recreation center And my aunt Lucy Kate worked there... Fuller-Woodard describes her experiences at the Fullar-Woodard Nursery School and the Fairmount Recreation Center. She recalls the filling in of the segregated community pools prior to the opening of an integrated community center. Fuller-Woodard talks about her wish for a better educational community in Griffin, Georgia. E.G. Bowdin Nursery School ; Fairmount Housing Authority ; Fairmount Recreation Center 2589 Griffin community With the exception of Reverend... Fuller-Woodard lists the churches surrounding her community in Griffin, Georgia. Fuller-Woodard talks about how the substandard housing among other factors has led to the disintegration of Griffin. Fuller-Woodard describes her community as of present. community ; Griffin, Georgia Oral history No transcript. Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule. audio 0 purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL418GAA/findingaid
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Interview with Kenda Suzette Fuller-Woodard, December 13, 2017
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RBRL418GAA-017
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Kenda Suzette Fuller-Woodard
Art Cain
Jewel Walker-Harps
Rich Braman
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Religion
African American business enterprises
Discrimination
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Kenda Suzette Fuller-Woodard was born in 1959, and grew up in the community of Fairmont, Georgia. In this interview, Fuller-Woodard discusses living in Griffin, Georgia during the 1960s and 70s. Fuller-Woodard touches on a variety of subjects including her childhood community, Fairmont High School, the impact of religion on her upbringing, segregation in her community, local businesses, and the Griffin community.
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