- Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Mr. Emory John Corker
- Creator:
- Roebuck, Frank
- Contributor to Resource:
- Corker, Emory John, 1922-1990
- Publisher:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08-19
- Subject:
- African American churches
Turpentine
Sharecropping
Agriculture
Civil rights movements - 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 19, 1982, Mr. Emory John Corker describes his family history, Black churches, and local agriculture. Corker contrasts modernity and antiquity through discussing changing societal and community norms. He talks about the turpentine industry. 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-024b
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-024b
- 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:
- 47:52:00
- Original Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Holding Institution:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Rights:
-
