Film, Video Mary Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09
Mary Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09
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Title
- Mary Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09
Summary
- Mary Jenkins describes Albany, Georgia, during her childhood and discusses moments when she encountered racial prejudice. She describes her education in all-black schools, her decision to attend Fisk University, and her longing to become a teacher. Around the time of Brown v. Board of Education, she began teaching in Georgia and witnessed negative reactions of white administrators to the decision. Jenkins describes her decision to join the Albany Movement, and she shares memories of working with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Names
- Jenkins, Mary F., 1928-2014, interviewee
- Griffin, Willie James, 1974- interviewer
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Created / Published
- 2013.
Headings
- - Jenkins, Mary F.,--1928-2014--Interviews
- - King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968
- - Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
- - African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Interviews
- - Civil rights movements--Georgia
- - Civil rights movements--United States
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.).
- - Mary Jenkins was a civil rights activist in Albany, Georgia. She attended Fisk University and Georgia State University and worked as a teacher. She is the author of Open Dem Cells: A Pictoral History of the Albany Movement.
- - 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
- 5 video files of 5 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (41 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- 1 transcript (24 pages).
Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0069
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_crhp0069
- afc2010039text.afc2010039_crhp0069_Jenkins_transcript
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2015669168
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
Online Format
- image
- video