- Collection:
- Atlanta's Unspoken Past Oral History Project
- Title:
- George Adams interview
- Creator:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2009
- Subject:
- Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Gay men--Georgia--Atlanta
Lesbians--Georgia--Atlanta
Lesbians--Georgia--Atlanta--Social Conditions
Gay men--Georgia--Atlanta--Social Conditions
Entertainers
Entertainment--Georgia--Atlanta
Restaurants--Georgia--Atlanta
Bars--Georgia--Atlanta
Education
Military facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Health care - People:
- Adams, George H.
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/x-flv
- Description:
- George Adams talks about his childhood and college years in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He recalls having an attraction to males beginning in elementary school and then throughout his life. His first relationship began in middle school and lasted for several years. He recalls a very active mainstream social life during high school. His social life included dating girls but he also continued his sexual relationships with males as well. He first came to Atlanta in the mid 1950s while serving in the Army and was stationed at Ft. McPherson. He recalls attending a drag show at a club in downtown Atlanta called Wit's End. The club had a mixed clientele and the bar area appeared to be the gay section. He finished college in North Carolina after the Army and returned to Atlanta in the 1960s. He mentions several gay establishments he frequented after moving to Atlanta: The Cove, Wit's End, Mrs. P;s, Pappy's Plantation Lounge, Papa Johns, Piccolo Lounge, El Matador, and Mr. Adams. He recalls most of his relationships have been short-term and mostly with married men. He discusses his AIDS diagnosis in 1992 and the impact on his life.
George Adams was born in Cullowhee, North Carolina in 1936. He attended on year of college in Cullowhee before he volunteered for the draft in 1956. He returned to Cullowhee in 1958 to finish college after being discharged from the army. He moved to Atlanta permanently in the early 1960s. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 178.04
ahc178000004.flv - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/AUP/id/29/rec/1
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
