- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- John Davis Hudson interview
- Creator:
- Hudson, John Davis, 1927-2009
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2006-05-10
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
African Americans--Civil rights
Racism
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Race relations
Race discrimination
Religion
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics & government--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics & government--Georgia
Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Police brutality--Georgia--Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)
Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Howard Elementary School
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)
Butler Street Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta University Center (Ga.) - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Jenkins, Herbert T.
Bell, Howard
Foreman, James
Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
Massell, Sam, 1927-
Massell, Howard
Turner, L. Cecil
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
Eaves, A. Reginald, 1934-2015 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Buttermilk Bottoms, 33.748995, -84.387982
United States, Georgia, Washington County, Sandersville, 32.98154, -82.81014
United States, Missouri, Jasper County, Joplin, 37.08423, -94.51328 - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview John Davis (J.D.) Hudson primarily discusses his experiences as one the first black police officers in Atlanta, Georgia, and his subsequent appointment as head of the city’s Department of Prisons and Farms. He explains how initially black officers were restricted to only patrol black neighborhoods and they could not arrest white individuals for any crime. Hudson addresses the resistance he endured on part of the black and white community to his authority as a police officer and department head. He ends the interview by recalling the importance of the shift of mayoral administrations from Sam Massell to Maynard Jackson; discussing the devastating effects that integration had on the city of Atlanta and the black business community; and addressing his view of the power of success for the younger generation.
John Davis Hudson was born in Sandersonville, Georgia, and grew up in the Buttermilk Bottoms area of Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Clark Atlanta University with a degree in social sciences and religion, and later earned a law degree from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.017.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/44
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/pcyviwR_Q0g
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:47:38 hours
- Original Collection:
- MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
