- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Constance Curry interview
- Creator:
- Curry, Constance, 1933
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2005-10-25
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race discrimination
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)
Agnes Scott College
Columbia University
United Nations
F. W. Woolworth Company
Field Foundation
Rich's (Retail store)
Atlanta University Center (Ga.) - People:
- Curry, Constance, 1933-
Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Thornton, Virginius
Craig, Calvin, 1928-
Stembridge, Jane
Moses, Bob
Doris, Ruby - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Iowa, Story County, Ames, 42.03471, -93.61994
United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
United States, North Carolina, Guilford County, Greensboro, 36.07264, -79.79198
United States, North Carolina, Wake County, Raleigh, 35.7721, -78.63861
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444 - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Constance Curry discusses her involvement in the interracial organization, National Student Association (NSA) and employment with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She often worked as a liaison within SNCC and organized conferences and meetings. She recalls her Irish upbringing; moving from New Jersey to Greensboro, North Carolina; attending Agnes Scott College; and her participation in demonstrations at Rich’s Department Store Magnolia Room and the Georgia State Capitol. Constance Curry ends her interview with memories of the relationships she developed serving for the Atlanta Student Movement.
Ms. Curry was born in Patterson, New Jersey but moved to North Carolina in the early 1940s as a young child. She graduated from Agnes Scott College with a degree in history and began working for National Student Association in Atlanta, Georgia in 1960. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.006.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/51
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/LfPkAEv5RGU
- 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:
- 1:02:24 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:
-
