Desegregation at UGA: A Guide to Resources in UGA Special Collections: Oral History
Oral History Program
Home Page: https://www.libs.uga.edu/russell-library/oral-history
Contact: Christian Lopez -- Head, Oral History and Media, clopez@uga.edu, (706) 542-5782
Sarah McCoy -- Oral History Coordinator, sarah.mccoy@uga.edu, (706) 542-5438
About: The Oral History Program, a unit of the Russell Library, documents the voices and intersections of politics, public policy, government, society, and culture. Collection strengths and focuses include modern Georgia politics, policy, and biography, disability rights, U.S. foreign service, African-American experience, Athens, Georgia, and Athens music history.
Oral History
- Mary Frances Early
Interview conducted by Fran Lane on March 22, 2007 for Goin' Back: Remembering UGA oral history series. Topics include Early's experiences at UGA and her career as a music educator. - Mary Diallo, Kerry Rushin Miller, and Harold BlackInterview conducted by Charlayne Hunter-Gault on January 12, 2017 for Goin' Back: Remembering UGA oral history series. Diallo, Miller, and Black discuss their experiences as African American students at the predominately white University of Georgia around 1963-1967.
- No Other Road: 1953 Red and Black Editors Stand Up for Equality and Free SpeechThis oral history, conducted on November 10, 2003, documents the experiences of the editors of the University of Georgia's newspaper, Red and Black, who in 1953 resigned in protest following their defense of Horace Ward's right to attend the University of Georgia Law School. Moderated by Harry Montevideo, the program includes interviewers Dr. Maurice Daniels and Dr. Kent Middleton, as well as University of Georgia President Michael Adams.
- Goin' Back: Remembering UGAAn oral history series featuring alumni, faculty, and administrators reflecting on their time at the University of Georgia.
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