Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-Mahone, Sam, 1945-United States, Georgia, Lee County, Leesburg, 31.73212, -84.17074United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)2013-03-09Sam Mahone discusses his experiences of racial segregation and discrimination in Americus, Georgia, and how he came to be involved in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). After he joined SNCC, he participated in an array of activism: picketing a segregated movie theater, registering voters, and organizing in the black community. He also discusses the arrests that he and other activists experienced due to their activism, including the Americus Four case and the Leesburg Stockade. He concludes the interview by discussing his current involvement in showcasing African American art.image/gifimage/jpegimage/jp2image/tifftext/xmlapplication/pdfengForms part of online collection: Civil Rights History Projecthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Civil rights movements--United StatesStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)African American civil rights workers--Georgia--InterviewsCivil rights movements--GeorgiaCivil rights demonstrations--Georgia--AmericusDiscrimination in public accomodations--GeorgiaSam Mahone oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09MovingImageText