- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Herbert Holmes interview
- Creator:
- Holmes, Herbert, 1944-
Merritt, Carole - Date of Original:
- 2006-02-23
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Racism
Race relations
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics & government--Georgia
Politics & government--Georgia--Atlanta
Education
Education--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports--Georgia
Religion
Alfred Tub Holmes Golf Course (Atlanta, Ga.)
Tuskegee Institute
English Avenue School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Lincoln Country Club (Atlanta, Ga.)
University of Georgia
Lockheed Corporation
Davis Brother's Restaurants
Bobby's Barber Shop
Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Holmes, Alfred Fountain
Holmes, Hamilton, 1941-1995
Holmes, Herbert
Holmes, Isabella Campfield
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
Bell, Howard
Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
King, Lonnie C., 1936-
Harding, Vincent
Bennett, Lerone, Jr., 1928-2018
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 - Location:
- Africa, 7.1881, 21.09375
Somalia, -6.0, 48.0
United States, Alabama, Butler County, Greenville, 31.8296, -86.61775
United States, Alabama, Macon County, Tuskegee, 32.42415, -85.69096
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Adams Park, 33.71205, -84.45687
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, East Point, 33.67955, -84.43937
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Grant Park, 33.73677, -84.37187
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Piedmont Park, 33.78649, -84.37382
United States, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, 42.33143, -83.04575
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Herbert Holmes describes his family's involvement in desegregating public schools and public golf courses in Atlanta, Georgia. He also discusses the tension and conflict within the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change organization and within the black community. Many of the leaders of the old guard felt uncomfortable with the plan for change scripted by the younger generation. Holmes ends the interview with his assessment of the black community in Atlanta.
Herbert Holmes was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1944. His family moved to Tuskegee, Alabama in 1947 and then to Atlanta, Georgia in 1949. His father was originally from Atlanta but moved to Detroit during World War II for employment reasons. He graduated from Morehouse College and worked at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change on a documentation project. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.015.001
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/46
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/bEYVUhOCSsk
- 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:
- 1:56 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:
-
