- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Fuller Degelmann, Linda, American
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
- Subject of
- Koinonia Farm, American, founded 1942
- Fuller, Millard Dean, American, 1935 - 2009
- Habitat for Humanity, American, founded 1976
- Date
- May 28, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 2 hr., 7 min., 51 sec.
- Total: 212.01 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of six digital files: 2011.174.89.1a, 2011.174.89.1b, 2011.174.89.1c, 2011.174.89.1d, 2011.174.89.1e, and 2011.174.89.1f.
- Linda Fuller Degelmann discusses her experiences at Koinonia Farm in Americus, Georgia. She and her former husband, Millard Fuller were inspired to start Habitat for Humanity. She describes her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and her memories of racial segregation from childhood through young adulthood when she became aware of the Freedom Rides and the Civil Rights Movement. She and Millard decided to move to Koinonia Farm in 1968, where they worked on cooperative industries, helped to establish a child development center, and built homes, which provided the seeds for Habitat for Humanity. She goes on to describe the growth of Habitat for Humanity in the United States and internationally, and she explains the religious principles of the organization as well as linking it to the Civil Rights Movement.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0089
- Place collected
- Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom Riders
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Agriculture
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Christianity
- Civil rights
- Humanitarianism
- Labor
- Religion
- 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
- 2011.174.89.1a-f
- 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.