- Collection:
- Great Speckled Bird
- Title:
- Alvin Burrell oral history interview, 2018-06-08
- Creator:
- Burrell, Alvin
- Contributor to Resource:
- Reisinger, Andrew
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2018-06-08
- Subject:
- Counterculture
Underground newspapers
Newspaper employees
Environmental protection
Social Justice - 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:
- Alvin Burrell was born in Atlanta, Ga. in 1949. Burrell grew up in Georgia and Alabama. He attended the University of Tennessee, where he studied sociology. During his years in Tennessee, Burrell became politically engaged. After college, he moved to Atlanta and joined the staff at The Great Speckled Bird. He later became an accountant.
In this interview, Burrell describes his days at The Great Speckled Bird. He discusses his duties and relationships with staff members. He also discusses the politics of the paper and many details of the production process. Burrell discusses his social action and political work throughout his adult life. He also discusses his work as an accountant after The Bird. He concludes the interview by reflecting on his years at The Bird and significant members of the staff. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/GSB/id/10256
- 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: Burrell, Alvin, interviewed by Andrew Reisinger, June 8, 2018, Great Speckled Bird Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 03:08:59
- Original Collection:
- Great Speckled Bird Collection
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
