Willie James Griffin Ph. D., American, born 1974 Search this
Subject of:
Southwest Georgia Project for For Community Education, Inc., American Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration: 42 min., 4 sec.
Total: 68.8 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Worth County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
March 9, 2013
Description:
The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.66.1a and 2011.174.66.1b.
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.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress