- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Susie Corbett oral history interview, 2018-06-01
- Creator:
- Corbett, Susie
- Contributor to Resource:
- Liou, Marian
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2018-06-01
- Subject:
- Japanese Americans
Racism
Immigrant families
Immigration
Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Doraville, 33.89816, -84.28326 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Susie Corbett was born in Chicago, Ill. in 1956 to Japanese immigrant parents. She grew up in Doraville, Ga. Her family moved to Doraville in 1960; they were one of the first Asian families to live in the area. Corbett has lived in Doraville most of her life. She has a daughter and works as a realtor.
In this interview, Susie Corbett describes her experiences growing up as a member of one of the first Asian-American families in Doraville, Ga. She talks about racist treatment she received from her peers and members of her community, and describes the isolation and otherness she felt as a child and a teenager. Corbett describes her parents' experiences being placed into internment camps during World War II and of working hard to succeed after immigrating to the United States. She discusses the changes she has witnessed in the Buford Highway area over the course of her life. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/837
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:837/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):
- Corbett, Susie, interviewed by Marian Liou, June 1, 2018, In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project, Social Change Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 01:27:10
- 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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