- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Ralph Luker interview
- Creator:
- Luker, Ralph, 1940-2015
Merritt, Carole - Date of Original:
- 2005-11-22
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Race discrimination
Race relations
Education--Georgia
Education
Religion
Politics & government--Georgia
Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Protest movements--Georgia
Economic & social conditions--Georgia--Atlanta
Duke University
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Carolina Theater
Center Theater
Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Wilkinson, Roy
Williamson, Sam
Calhoun, John H., 1900-1988
Walden, A. T. (Austin Thomas), 1885-1965
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Lodge, Sherman - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
United States, Georgia, Burke County, 33.06115, -82.00078
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
United States, Georgia, Houston County, Warner Robins, 32.61574, -83.62664
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
United States, North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, 35.99403, -78.89862 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Ralph Luker discusses his involvement in civil rights protests and demonstrations in Raleigh, North Carolina while attending Duke University. During this period, Duke Divinity School revoked his admission due to his involvement in civil rights activities. Luker became involved in the movement in Georgia while teaching in Macon. He ends the interview by describing how he played an active role in the youth branches of the NAACP.
Ralph Luker was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky at the beginning of World War II. He attended Duke University in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina and Purdue Seminary. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.020.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/55
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/MEgJI480464
- 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:
- 1:00:55 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:
-
