- Collection:
- Great Speckled Bird
- Title:
- Roger Friedman oral history interview, 2016-07-14
- Creator:
- Friedman, Roger
- Contributor to Resource:
- Reisinger, Andrew
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2016-07-14
- Subject:
- Underground newspapers
Alternative mass media
Sexism
Social movements
Musicians
Bands (Music)
Computers
Public service commissions
Demonstration
Georgia Power Company - 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
digital moving image formats - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mpeg
- Description:
- Roger Friedman was born January 4, 1946 in the District of Columbia. He later attended college at Brown University. He went on to work for the Extra newspaper, where he wrote stories and helped with layout. In 1970, Friedman moved to Atlanta, where he lived with a few members of the Great Speckled Bird staff. Friedman soon began working for The Bird, taking on various roles such as managing editor and advertising editor.
In this interview, Roger Friedman talks about the culture of the Great Speckled Bird and the content of the paper. He also talks about the various activist organizations and demonstrations he has been involved in and discusses various aspects of his law career. Friedman ends the interview by discussing his values and his current worldview. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/GSB/id/10233
- 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-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Friedman, Roger, interviewed by Andrew Reisinger, July 14, 2016, Great Speckled Bird Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 03:51:27
- Original Collection:
- Great Speckled Bird Collection
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
