- Collection:
- Voices Across The Color Line Oral History Collection, 2005-2006
- Title:
- Ernest Swann interview
- Creator:
- Swann, Ernest
Merritt, Carole - Publisher:
- Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305
- Date of Original:
- 2006-04-20
- Subject:
- African Americans--History
Civil rights
Racism
Education
Race discrimination
Race relations
African Americans
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)
Marilyn Baking Company
Bass High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
Turner High School
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Rich's (Retail store)
Battle Hill Elementary School (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Swann, Ernest
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Adamsville, 33.75927, -84.50521 - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Ernest Swann discusses his experiences of growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, and his family's involvement in the desegregation of Atlanta public schools. He was one of the first black students to integrate the high schools in Atlanta. Swann addresses the resistance his father endured from the white community regarding his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. He ends the interview with his assessment of re-segregation of Atlanta Public Schools.
Ernest Swann was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1947 at Harris Hospital. His mother, Ernestine Swann, was from Villa Rica, Georgia, and his father, Ralph Swann, was a native Atlantan. His father served during World War II and eventually began his own welding business. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 180.028.001
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VACL/id/60
- Digital Object URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/YeUm739gFRE
- 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:
- 00:57:03 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:
-
