Film, Video Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09.

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Title
Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09.
Summary
In this short interview, Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway describe their experiences in Terrell County, Georgia. They discuss their childhood memories of Southwest Georgia, and how they came to meet and marry. The remainder of the interview focuses on their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, the harassment they faced from white supremacists, and their role in registering black voters.
Contributor Names
Holloway, Emma Kate, interviewee.
Holloway, Lucius, 1932- interviewee.
Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973- interviewer.
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Created / Published
2013.
Subject Headings
-  Holloway, Emma Kate--Interviews
-  Holloway, Lucius,--1932---Interviews
-  Southern Christian Leadership Conference
-  African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Interviews
-  Civil rights movements--Georgia
-  Civil rights movements--United States
-  Racism--Georgia
-  Voter registration--Georgia
Genre
Filmed Interviews
Interviews
Oral histories
Video recordings
Notes
-  Recorded in Albany, Georgia, on March 9, 2013.
-  Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
-  Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.).
-  Emma Kate Holloway was a civil rights activist in Terrell County, Georgia. She also worked as a beautician.
-  Lucius Holloway, Sr., was a civil rights activist in Terrell County, Georgia, Vice President of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the plaintiff in a voter registration court case, Holloway v. Wise. He later became County Commissioner of Terrell County.
-  The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.
-  In English.
-  Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005
Medium
1 video file (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (31 min.) : digital, sound, color.
1 transcript (16 pages).
Source Collection
Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0062
Repository
Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0062
afc2010039text.afc2010039_crhp0062_Holloway_transcript
Library of Congress Control Number
2015669161
Access Advisory
Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
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LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2015669161
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Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Holloway, Emma Kate, Interviewee, Lucius Holloway, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia. 2013. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669161/.

APA citation style:

Holloway, E. K., Holloway, L., Jeffries, H. K. & Civil Rights History Project, U. S. (2013) Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669161/.

MLA citation style:

Holloway, Emma Kate, Interviewee, et al. Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia. 2013. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015669161/>.

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