- Collection:
- Indices to Atlanta University Historical Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Interview with Shirley Sherrod by JahAsia Jacobs, June 23, 2023
- Date of Original:
- 2023-06-23
- Subject:
- Oral history
Food--History
Female
African Americans
Dougherty County (Ga.)
Baker County (Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- born digital
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In this interview, Shirley Sherrod reflects on her life's work, from organizing in the Civil Rights Movement to now creating opportunities for Black farmers. She talks about what it was like to grow up on her family's farm picking tobacco, the food they would make, like fried corn, and the crops that they grew. Shirley discusses her current projects with Rosera and the Southwest Georgia Project, and emphasizes how important it is to her to help people start growing again.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/sc.heirloom:0039_01
- Rights Holder:
- Spelman College
- Additional Rights Information:
- To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Spelman College Archivist at https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/archives with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 00:50:42
- Original Collection:
- Heirloom Gardens Oral History Project
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
