United States, Alabama, Dallas County, Selma, 32.40736, -87.0211United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249United States, Alabama, Perry County, Marion, 32.63235, -87.31917United States, Florida, Saint Johns County, Saint Augustine, 29.89469, -81.31452United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983United States, Mississippi, Quitman County, Marks, 34.25683, -90.27298United States, South Carolina, Sumter County, Sumter, 33.92044, -80.34147Bolden, Willie, 1938-2016Merritt, Carole2006-03-21In 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.video/mp4VIS 180.002.001https://youtu.be/VfOT_1P6vOAengKenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterAfrican Americans--HistoryCivil rightsRacismRace relations--Georgia--AtlantaRace discriminationEducationReligionStudent movements--Florida--Saint AugustineStudent movements--Alabama--BirminghamSouthern Christian Leadership ConferenceBelmont Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)Willie Bolden interviewMovingImage