Waters, KimUnited States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794Lester, Neal A.Waters, Kim2016-09-13Neal 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.video/mp4enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Athens Oral History Project, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.African American college teachersNeal Lester interviewed by Kim Waters, 13 September 2016.MovingImage