- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Peter Chang oral history interview, 2018-05-04
- Creator:
- Chang, Peter
- Contributor to Resource:
- Vega, Muriel
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2018-05-04
- Subject:
- Chinese Americans
Real estate business
Immigrants - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Chamblee, 33.89205, -84.29881 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Peter Chang was born in Malaysia in 1947 to an ethnic Chinese family. He and his family immigrated to California in 1979 and he moved to the Atlanta area in 1984 to take advantage of opportunities in the real estate business. Chang worked in real estate in and around Atlanta for over thirty years before retiring in 2017.
In this interview, Peter Chang briefly describes his early life in Malaysia and immigrating to the United States in 1979. He talks about his experiences working in the real estate business in Atlanta from the 1980s until 2017. Chang also discusses his experiences with and impressions of the Buford Highway over the years, describing the Buford Highway as unique in its diversity. He and Muriel Vega discuss various ideas that Chang has had for improving the Buford Highway and enhancing the community around it. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/836
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:836/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Chang, Peter, interviewed by Muriel Vega, May 4, 2018, In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 00:48:06
- Original Collection:
- In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1696
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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