- Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Mr. Ledford Powell
- Creator:
- Roebuck, Frank
- Contributor to Resource:
- Powell, Ledford, 1909-1997
- Publisher:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08-30
- Subject:
- African American chuches
Tobacco farms
Sharecropping
Community churches - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Grady County, Cairo, 30.87751, -84.20214
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/wav
- Description:
- During an oral history interview on August 30, 1982, Mr. Ledford Powell describes his childhood friendship with famous baseball player Jackie Robinson. Powell gives detailed descriptions of tobacco and sugarcane agriculture while emphasizing the importance of crop diversification. He discusses local Grady County churches and community figures including the history behind Roddenbery Memorial Libary. Funding for digitization provided by the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, using Library Services and Technology Act funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-015b
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-015b
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- [Interviewee's name] ([date of the interview]). Interview by Frank Roebuck/Robert Hall. They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage, Roddenbery Memorial Library, Cairo, GA.
- Extent:
- 46:29:00
- Original Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Holding Institution:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Rights:
-
