- 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:
- 1982-04-07
- Subject:
- African American baseball players
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Grady County, Cairo, 30.87751, -84.20214
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/wav
- Description:
- During a car ride to the childhood home of baseball player Jackie Robinson, Mr. Ledford Powell speaks with Mrs Wessie Connell and Mr Frank Roebuck. The group discusses Robinson's achievements, family history, and career. Parts of the interview are difficult to comprehend with several speakers and the tape recorder frequently stopping and starting. 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-046
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-046
- 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:
- A - 22:44
- Original Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Holding Institution:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Rights:
-
