Created by
Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of
Browner, Clifford, American
Interviewed by
Dr. Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, American, born 1973
Subject of
Southwest Georgia Project for For Community Education, Inc., American
Mt. Olive Baptist Church, American
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
Date
March 9, 2013
Medium
digital
Dimensions
Duration: 1 hr., 5 min., 31 sec.
Total: 66 GB
Description
The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.61.1a and 2011.174.61.1b.
Clifford Browner discusses his childhood in Sasser, Georgia, and how he came to be involved in the Southwest Georgia Movement for civil rights in the early 1960s. He describes mass meetings at Mount Olive Baptist Church, protesting racial segregation at his high school, and participating in the March on Washington. He concludes the interview by evaluating the changes he has seen in southwest Georgia over his lifetime.
LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0061
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
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Type
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Topic
Activism
American South
Baptist
Civil rights
Segregation
Social reform
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
2011.174.61.1ab
Restrictions & Rights
© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a96ef9c5-c19b-4940-a8a5-b513350bfd04

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