- Collection:
- Athens Oral History Project, 2014-2016
- Title:
- Knowa Johnson interviewed by Christian Lopez, 26 June 2018, 29 June 2018
- Creator:
- Johnson, Knowa
Lopez, Christian - Date of Original:
- 2018-06-29
- Subject:
- Athens (Ga.)--Politics and government
African Americans--Political activity
Politics and government
Georgia--Athens - People:
- Johnson, Knowa
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Knowa Johnson conducted by Christian Lopez on June 29, 2018.
Knowa D. Johnson and his wife, Mokah Jasmine Johnson, moved from Orlando, Florida to North Atlanta, Georgia in 2009 to expand their network reach and business experience. After 2yrs of co-producing a magazine, working as publicist and operations manager of an independent record label, they brought their background as event producers, media and hip hop entrepreneurs to Athens, Georgia. Their first year in Clarke County, together they founded the Athens Hip Hop Awards, an annual event focused on showcasing hip hop culture and recognizing black-owned business in the community. Years later they founded the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement (AADM), originally a volunteer-led group that first challenged the discrimination in bars in downtown Athens while pushing for the passing of an anti-discrimination ordinance and civil rights commission. In these interviews, Knowa D. Johnson discusses his growing political involvement in Athens, both as an activist through the AADM group as well as working on political campaigns, including Tabitha Johnson-Green's 2018 campaign for U.S. House of Representatives Dist. 10 and former ACC commissioner Harry Sims' campaign for mayor of Athens in the 2018 midterm election cycle. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-026-02/audio
- 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 026, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 2 interviews (187 min.) : digital, stereo
- 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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