- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Azira Hill oral history interview, 2011-07-08
- Creator:
- Hill, Azira
- Contributor to Resource:
- Young, Andrea, 1955-
Newman, Harvey K. - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2011-07-08
- Subject:
- Racism
Discrimination--Law and legislation
Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights movement
Community activists
Community development
Community Leadership
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund - People:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Azira Hill was born in 1923 in Cuba. Hill worked as a nurse at Grady Hospital Educational Department, and was involved with several public schools in the Atlanta area. After her retirement, Hill remained an active member of Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Hill also founded the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Talent Development Program at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and is now a lifetime member.
In this interview, Hill discusses her life as a civil rights activist alongside her husband, Jesse Hill. She describes early life in Atlanta, discrimination and segregation, the integration efforts in which she was involved, and the civil rights movements which she and her husband supported by bailing out arrested protesters. She discusses her husband's work around the city as a consultant and advisor, her work as one of the first Black voter registrars, and their combined efforts to change Atlanta for the better. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/858
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:858/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. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Hill, Azira interviewed by Andrea Young and Harvey Newman, July 7, 2011, Harvey Newman Papers, Social Change Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Extent:
- 01:06:07
- Original Collection:
- Making of Modern Atlanta Interviews
Harvey Newman Papers
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
