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Johnnie Ruth McCullar Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- McCullar, Johnnie Ruth, American, born 1940
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:02:17
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.65.1a and 2011.174.65.1b.
- Johnnie Ruth Browner McCullar describes growing up in southwest Georgia, attending segregated schools in Sasser, Georgia, and her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She was a secretary of the Terrell County Movement and she also participated in sit-ins and helped to register voters. McCullar reflects on the legacy of the movement, noting the changes in social and political life that she has witnessed during her life, but also recognizing present-day challenges.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0065
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Sasser, Terrell County, Georgia, 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
- Civil rights
- Education
- Segregation
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- 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
- 2011.174.65.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress