- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Young, Sam Jr., American, born 1950
- Interviewed by
- Griffin, Willie James Ph. D., American, born 1974
- Subject of
- Southwest Georgia Project for For Community Education, Inc., American
- Date
- March 9, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 42 min., 4 sec.
- Total: 68.8 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.66.1a and 2011.174.66.1b.
- Samuel J. Young, Jr., describes his childhood in Worth County, Georgia, during the 1950s. He recalls the racial violence that he witnessed and heard stories about as a child. After graduating high school he joined the Southwest Georgia Project. He helped to start a newspaper for the project and was also involved in the group's initiative to develop a self-sufficient farm to counteract discrimination against black farmers.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0066
- Place collected
- Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Worth 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
- Agriculture
- American South
- Civil rights
- Education
- Labor
- Mass media
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Violence
- 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
- 2011.174.66.1ab
- 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.