Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009 Search this
Interview of:
Louise Willingham Broadway, American, born 1930 Search this
Interviewed by:
Willie James Griffin Ph. D., American, born 1974 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration: 33 min., 59 sec.
Total: 54.24 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
March 9, 2013
Description:
The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.68.1a and 2011.174.68.1b.
Louise Willingham Broadway shares her experiences of segregated education in Baker County, Georgia, and she discusses the lessons that her parents taught her when she was a child. Broadway describes her experiences as a mother sending her daughter to an all-white school. She also describes her involvement in the Baker County Movement, especially her work for a doctor who treated Freedom Riders.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
