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Title Interview with Billie Gaines
Reference AV 180.12
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 16 Feb 2006
Description Dr Billie Davis Gaines held the position of director of the National Museum Fellows Program at the Atlanta History Center. In this interview she discusses education and desegregation in Atlanta schools.
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Education and Training
Keywords education, desegregation, students, university, schools, slavery, racial tensions, black power, business, church, land, tax, government, finance, integration, Brown v. Board of Education, scholarship, Jim Crow laws, police, employment, segregation, communism
Places Atlanta, Georgia; Little Rock, Arkansas
People Washington, Booker T; Bates, Daisy
Organisations/Associations National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Additional Information Incomplete recording and transcript
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the Atlanta History Center.
Name Gaines, Billie
Interviewer Merritt, Carole
Date of Recording 16 Feb 2006
Duration 02:44:48
Copyright Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center