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Title Interview with Johnny Parham
Reference AV 180.21
Library Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
Collection Name Voices Across the Color Line Oral History Collection, VIS 180, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
Collection Overview This oral history program was developed as a means to expand the information regarding Civil Rights activities in Atlanta and in Georgia. The bulk of these oral histories deal with the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. Specific events that are mentioned include the student movement centering around Atlanta University; The Committee On Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR); creation and publication of the Atlanta Enquirer newspaper; the organization of the Atlanta Committee of Cooperative Action (ACCA), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and activities to desegregate city buses and restaurants. Other topics that are discussed on the tapes include desegregation of the public schools and libraries and the organization of Help Our Public Education (H.O.P.E.).
Date 21 Dec 2005
Description Johnny Parham was a member of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR). In this interview he discusses demonstrations to desegregate buses and a demonstration at Sprayberry's restaurant.
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Health, Welfare and Housing; Police and Community Relations
Keywords public housing projects, housing, schools, university, social work, military, segregation, education, students, police, police brutality, clubs, leadership, employment, sit-in, desegregation, discrimination, equality, wages, construction, community protest, civil rights, scholarship
Places Atlanta, Georgia
People Young, Whitney; Allen, Jr, Ivan; Jenkins, Herbert T; King, Lonnie; Baker, Ella; Malcolm X
Organisations/Associations National Urban League (NUL); National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC); Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the Atlanta History Center.
Name Parham, Johnny
Interviewer Merritt, Carole
Date of Recording 21 Dec 2005
Duration 01:28:18
Copyright Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center