- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Willie Bolden interview
- Creator:
- Bolden, Willie, 1938-2016
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-21
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Race discrimination
Education
Religion
Student movements--Florida--Saint Augustine
Student movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Belmont Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Bolden, Willie, 1938-
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Williams, Juanita
Clark, Ben
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lee, Bernard
Vivian, C. T.
Hankerson, Big Lester
Manusi, Horse
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Jackson, Jimmie Lee - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
United States, Alabama, Perry County, Marion, 32.63235, -87.31917
United States, Florida, Saint Johns County, Saint Augustine, 29.89469, -81.31452
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Mississippi, Quitman County, Marks, 34.25683, -90.27298
United States, South Carolina, Sumter County, Sumter, 33.92044, -80.34147 - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Willie Bolden talks about his involvement with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He describes his experiences in demonstrations in St. Augustine, Florida; Selma, Alabama; Marks, Mississippi; and the Mule Train march from Mississippi to Washington, D.C.
Born in Sumter, South Carolina in 1938 and moved to Savannah, Georgia at the age of three. Father worked at Southern Cotton Oil Mill in Savannah and delivered papers. His mother, Sadie Mae Bolden, was a stay at home mother when Mr. Bolden was young but became a beautician and had a small shop in their home. Mr. Bolden moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1961. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.002.001
https://youtu.be/VfOT_1P6vOA - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/49
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/VfOT_1P6vOA
- 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:
- 2:02:37 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:
-
