- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Jesse Hill interview
- Creator:
- Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2005-08-11
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race discrimination
Race relations
Race relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics & government--Georgia--Atlanta
Education
Sports & recreation facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
University of Michigan
Lincoln University (Jefferson City, Mo.)
Atlanta Terminal Station (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Life Insurance Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)
Herndon Home (Atlanta, Ga.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Friendship Baptist Church
Trust Company of Georgia (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta University Center (Ga.)
Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Rich's (Retail store) - People:
- Hill, Jesse, 1926-2012
Smith, Walter H.
Calhoun, John H., 1900-1988
Bacote, Clarence A., 1906-1981
Ward, Horace T. (Horace Taliaferro), 1927-2016
Shelton, Lee, Dr.
Young, Whitney M.
Cochrane, Warren
Ferst, Alvin
Hollowell, Donald L., 1917-2004
Johnson, Jondell, Mrs.
Holman, Carl
Johnson, Leroy
Hill, Mozell
Cooper, Eunice
Herndon, Norris B.
Reeves, William
Wade, Lyndon
King, Lonnie C., 1936-
Yancey, Johnnie
Coleman, Clarence D.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Holmes, Hamilton, 1941-1995
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789 - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Jesse Hill discusses his involvement in organizing the registration of black voters during the 1950s in Atlanta, Georgia, and the equalization of salaries for black teachers. He also provided support for the students involved in the Atlanta Student Movement. He recalls meetings held at Friendship Baptist Church on police brutality, voter registration, and the nonviolent desegregation of Atlanta golf courses. Jeese Hill ends his interview with an assessment of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as it evolved in the early 1960s, and with the memories of how the Atlanta University Center’s faculty was a progressive backbone to racial progress in Atlanta.
Mr. Hill grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Lincoln University of Missouri with a degree in mathematics. He earned his masters degree in actuarial science in 1949 from the University of Michigan and moved to Atlanta, Georgia the same year. He began working at the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and for a time lived at the Butler Street YMCA. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.014.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/52
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/SFDro5gCVwQ
- 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:
- 00:59:20 minutes
- Original Collection:
- MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
