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Title Interview with Portia Potts
Reference AV 180.23
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 3 May 2006
Description Portia Potts gives a first-hand account of the desegregation and integration of Bass High School, and what it was like to be one of seven students selected to attend the school.
Document Type Oral History (Video)
Theme(s) Education and Training
Keywords family, segregation, schools, education, students, integration, racial tensions, desegregation, employment, university, youth, busing
Places Atlanta, Georgia
Organisations/Associations National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Note Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the Atlanta History Center.
Name Potts, Portia
Interviewer Carole Merritt
Date of Recording 3 May 2006
Duration 00:48:36
Copyright Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center