- Collection:
- Great Speckled Bird
- Title:
- Jim Gwin oral history interview, 2016-10-16
- Creator:
- Gwin, Jim
- Contributor to Resource:
- Drummond, Traci
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2016-10-16
- Subject:
- Underground newspapers
Alternative mass media
Universities and colleges
Segregation
Educators
Political activists
College students--Political activity - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Jim Gwin was born in Houston, Texas in 1943. His family moved to Indianola, Mississippi when he was a child. He attended Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin. Gwin later moved to Atlanta, where he joined the staff of The Great Speckled Bird. He later moved to California and became a teacher.
In this interview, Jim Gwin describes growing up in Indianola, Mississippi, during a time of great racial tension. He talks about the emergence of his political consciousness as an adolescent and young adult. He discusses his undergraduate and graduate education, including his getting involved with journalism and activism. Gwin talks about moving to Atlanta as part of the Americorps VISTA program and eventually joining the Great Speckled Bird. He discusses his time with the Bird, becoming a father, and his eventual departure from the Bird. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/GSB/id/10229
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/GSB:10229/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Gwin, Jim, interviewed by Traci Drummond, October 16, 2016, Great Speckled Bird Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 01:47:37
- Original Collection:
- Great Speckled Bird Collection
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
