Young, Sam, 1950-Griffin, Willie James, 1974-United States, Georgia, Worth County, 31.55151, -83.85088Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)2013-03-09Samuel J. Young, Jr., describes his childhood in Worth County, Georgia, during the 1950s. He recalls the racial violence that he witnessed and heard stories about as a child. After graduating high school he joined the Southwest Georgia Project. He helped to start a newspaper for the project and was also involved in the group's initiative to develop a self-sufficient farm to counteract discrimination against black farmers.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 StatesAfrican American civil rights workers--Georgia--InterviewsCivil rights movements--GeorgiaAfrican American farmers--Georgia--InterviewsSouthwest Georgia ProjectSchool integration-Georgia--Worth CountySam Young, Jr., oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09MovingImageText