- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Carolyn Long Banks oral history interview, 2011-08-01
- Creator:
- Banks, Carolyn Long
- Contributor to Resource:
- Newman, Harvey K.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2011-08-01
- Subject:
- Discrimination
Discrimination--Law and legislation
Student protesters
Student movements
Civil rights
Civil rights movement
Community activists
Community development
Atlanta (Ga.)
Rich’s (Retail store) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
digital audio formats - Type:
- Still Image
Sound - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Carolyn Long Banks was the first African-American woman appointed and elected to the Atlanta City Council, serving the City of Atlanta from 1980 to 1997. Banks was one of only two black women to serve as president of the National League of Cities. During her tenure she shaped the country’s municipal legislative agenda, testified before Congress, and met frequently with President Clinton and members of Congress. She was also president of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Official and Women in Municipal Government. Annually, while in elective office, she counseled first-time elected municipal officials at Harvard University. Banks also became the first African-American buyer for Rich’s Department Store.
In this interview, Carolyn Long Banks discusses civil rights activism in the city, including Andrew Young and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She talks about integrating Rich's, the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights, and the role of student protests in the Civil Rights Movement. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/860
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:860/manifest.json
- 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/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Banks, Carolyn Long interviewed by Harvey Newman, August 1, 2011, Harvey Newman Papers, Social Change Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgai STate University Library.
- Extent:
- 01:50:07
- Original Collection:
- Making of Modern Atlanta Interviews
Harvey Newman Papers
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
