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Title Interview with Xernona Clayton
Reference AV 180.04
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 23 Mar 2006
Description Xernona Clayton recalls how she influenced a senior member of the KKK to renounce his racist views. She also discusses some of her work with the SCLC, and particularly her close relationship with the Kings, and Dr Martin Luther King's last days.
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Civil Rights and Black Power
Keywords family, segregation, discrimination, schools, Jim Crow laws, civil rights, housing, Christianity, youth
Places Louisville, Kentucky; Atlanta, Georgia
People Craig, Calvin; King, Martin Luther, Jr
Organisations/Associations Ku Klux Klan; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the Atlanta History Center.
Name Clayton, Xernona
Interviewer Carole Merritt
Date of Recording 23 Mar 2006
Duration 00:57:59
Copyright Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center