John Dudley, Eleanor Stewart, Charles Jarmon, Ph.D., Frances Suggs, Harold Suggs, and Samuel Dove Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Dudley, John F., American
- Stewart, Eleanor, American
- Jarmon, Charles Ph.D., American
- Suggs, Frances L., American, born 1935
- Suggs, Harold, American, born 1935
- Dove, Samuel, American, born 1942
- Interviewed by
- Dr. Crosby, Emilye Ph. D., American
- Subject of
- Adkin High School, American, 1928 - 1970
- Date
- June 28, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 2 hr., 32 min., 59 sec.
- Total: 251.89 GB
- Description
- The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.96.1a, 2011.174.96.1b, 2011.174.96.1c, 2011.174.96.1d, 2011.174.96.1e, 2011.174.96.1f, 2011.174.96.1g, and 2011.174.96.1h.
- The interviewees in this group interview were students who staged a walkout in 1951 at the all black, segregated Adkin High School in Kinston, North Carolina. They were protesting the unequal conditions between the black and white high schools in Kinston. The interviewees describe their family backgrounds, life in segregated Kinston, and Adkin High School. They remember learning that their school was unequal to the all-white school from which they were barred, and planning and staging a school-wide walkout and march without the assistance of any adults. They also discuss their lives since high school.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0096
- Place collected
- Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, 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
- Families
- Segregation
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1945-1953
- 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
- 2011.174.96.1a-h
- 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.