- Collection:
- Athens Oral History Project, 2014-2016
- Title:
- Neal Lester interviewed by Kim Waters, 13 September 2016.
- Creator:
- Lester, Neal A.
Waters, Kim - Contributor to Resource:
- Waters, Kim
- Date of Original:
- 2016-09-13
- Subject:
- African American college teachers
- People:
- Lester, Neal A.
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Neal Lester talks about growing up in Jefferson, Georgia, the influences of his family, church, and teachers, and recalls his experience of integrated schools and the teachers that mentored him and inspired him to teach. Lester discusses more in depth the racial dynamic of his hometown, and contextualizes race and prejudice both in the South and in other places he has studied, worked and travelled. He brings up issues surrounding interracial relationships, hair politics, and colorblindness, as well as discussing identity-creation through storytelling, the idea of teaching as performance, and the belief in people's power of transformation.
Interviewed by Kim Waters.
Neal Lester grew up in Jefferson, Georgia, and earned his B.A. in English from the State University of West Georgia, and his M.A., and Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University. He taught at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa), the University of Montevallo in Alabama, and since 1997, has been a professor at the University of Arizona, where he was the founding director of Project Humanities. Lester is the co-author and editor of seven books, as well as a public speaker, radio guest, and columnist. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-022/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Athens Oral History Project, AOHP 022, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (114 min.) : sd., col
- Original Collection:
- Athens Oral History Project, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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