<I>Sam Young, Jr. Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 9, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Sam Young Jr., American, born 1950
label: Interviewed by
content: Willie James Griffin Ph. D., American, born 1974
label: Subject of
content: Southwest Georgia Project for For Community Education, Inc., American
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.66.1a and 2011.174.66.1b.
label: Description
content: Samuel J. Young, Jr., describes his childhood in Worth County, Georgia, during the 1950s. He recalls the racial violence that he witnessed and heard stories about as a child. After graduating high school he joined the Southwest Georgia Project. He helped to start a newspaper for the project and was also involved in the group's initiative to develop a self-sufficient farm to counteract discrimination against black farmers.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0066
place: label: Place collected
content: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Worth County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.66.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 42 min., 4 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 68.8 GB