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Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Bennett, Geraldine Crawford, American
- Breaux, Toni, American
- Jenkins, Willie Elliot, American
- Interviewed by
- Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
- Subject of
- Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964
- Expose Jenkins, Gayle E., American, died 2002
- Date
- May 28, 2011
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:22:05
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.18.1a, 2011.174.18.1b, 2011.174.18.1c, 2011.174.18.1d, 2011.174.18.1e, 2011.174.18.1f, 2011.174.18.1g, and 2011.174.18.1h.
- Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins remember their mother and sister Gayle Jenkins, a leader of the civil rights movement in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They discuss their family history, how the family became involved in the movement, and Willie Jenkins' court case to integrate the public schools. They recall being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice, marching in local rallies, and memories of their late brother Don, who was also involved in the movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0018
- Place collected
- Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- Justice
- Law
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.18.1a-h
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress