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Film, Video Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09

Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09

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Title

  • Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09

Summary

  • Mary Jones describes her childhood in Albany, Georgia, including the work she did as a child and her memories of school. Jones discusses learning about the Civil Rights Movement by reading the newspaper, and she describes her children's experiences as they entered white schools. After she joined the Albany Movement, she helped to register voters, participated in marches and boycotts, and joined the police committee to recruit African American police officers. She closes the interview by discussing the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.

Names

  • Jones, Mary A., 1933- interviewee
  • Griffin, Willie James, 1974- interviewer
  • Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)

Created / Published

  • 2013.

Headings

  • -  Jones, Mary A.,--1933---Interviews
  • -  Albany Movement (Albany, Ga.)
  • -  African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Interviews
  • -  Civil rights movements--Georgia
  • -  Civil rights movements--United States
  • -  School integration--Georgia--Albany
  • -  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.).
  • -  Mary Jones was a civil rights activist in Albany, Georgia, and also worked as a teacher.
  • -  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

  • 2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (52 min.) : digital, sound, color.
  • 1 transcript (34 pages).

Source Collection

  • Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0070

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015669169

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Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

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Credit Line

Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Jones, Mary A., Interviewee, Willie James Griffin, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia. 2013. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669169/.

APA citation style:

Jones, M. A., Griffin, W. J. & Civil Rights History Project, U. S. (2013) Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669169/.

MLA citation style:

Jones, Mary A., Interviewee, Willie James Griffin, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia. 2013. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015669169/>.