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First Person Project
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
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The First Person Project was launched by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies in 2012 to record and preserve stories of life in post-twentieth century Georgia. Modeled roughly on StoryCorps, the First Person Project is smaller in scale but similar in concept--an oral history program designed to capture the stories of everyday Georgians. Interviewees are self-selecting. Pairs of friends or loved ones register to participate in the First Person Project on a designated day, and the conversation (up to forty minutes) is facilitated and recorded by Russell archivists. <br /><br />The First Person Project collects personal narratives and oral histories documenting life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Interviews are usually between two friends or family members and typically focus on personal stories such as relationships and family histories. Interviews also touch on larger historical and cultural themes such as racial identity, religion, environmental history, gay rights, the death penalty, and life in Athens and in Georgia.<br /><br />The First Person is divided into five series. <br /><a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=I.+Georgia+Narratives">I. Georgia Narratives</a><br /><a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=II.+Americus,+Georgia">II. Americus, Georgia </a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Americus, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Americus, Ga., at the Lee Council House in December 2013. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority.</div>
<a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=III.+Hawkinsville,+Georgia">III. Hawkinsville, Georgia</a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Hawkinsville, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Hawkinsville, Ga., at the Hawkinsville Dispatch & News building in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library and the UGA Archway Partnership.</div>
<a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=IV.+Plains,+Georgia">IV. Plains, Georgia</a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Plains, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Plains, Ga., at the Plains Historic Inn in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority.</div>
<a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=V.+Beech+Haven,+Athens,+Georgia">V. Beech Haven, Athens, Georgia</a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Beech Haven, Athens, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Athens, Ga., through a partnership between the Russell Library and Dr. Cari Goetcheus, College of Environment and Design, UGA.
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2012-2018
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RBRL324FPP
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Georgia
Oral History
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5.3 Interview with Geneva Blasingame, July 12, 2013 RBRL324FPP-0014 RBRL324FPP First Person Project Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Geneva Blasingame Renee Donnell Laura Duvekot 0 SoundCloud audio < ; iframe width=" ; 100%" ; height=" ; 166" ; scrolling=" ; no" ; frameborder=" ; no" ; allow=" ; autoplay" ; src=" ; https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/162677667& ; color=%23ff5500& ; auto_play=false& ; hide_related=false& ; show_comments=true& ; show_user=true& ; show_reposts=false& ; show_teaser=true" ; > ; < ; /iframe> ; 1 Interview introduction This is the First Person Project, interview number fourteen. Interviewer makes introductions. 17 36 Family, early community, displacement by UGA I guess we'd like to start by asking you, um, about where and when you were born? Um, and then just tell us about your experience here in Athens. Blasingame describes the structure of her life with her family and the Lindentown community. She talks about what happened when UGA told her father that her family would be forced to move to make way for campus development. 1950s ; 1960s ; Athens, Georgia ; Baxter Street ; Bray Camp ; Childhood ; Church Street ; Cloverhurst Avenue ; Development ; Dining hall ; Discrimination ; Displacement ; East Athens School ; Education ; Family ; Fine Arts Building ; Finley Street ; Fourth Street ; Home ownership ; Janitor ; Lindentown ; Lumpkin Street ; Lyndon Row ; Mama Carrie ; Neighborhoods ; Newton Street ; Peabody Street ; Pope Street ; Reese Street School ; Segregation ; Snelling Hall ; Snowball ; The Tree that Owned Itself ; UGA ; University of Georgia ; Work 33.949043, -83.381881 17 Former location of Lyndon Row (Athens, GA) 313 1950s and 1960s black community Can you tell us more about what that house was like? Blasingame describes the infrastructure and location of her childhood community and the ways residents supported each other. She includes details about education and community gardening. 1950s ; 1960s ; Athens, Georgia ; Baxter Street ; Broad Street ; Church ; Church Street ; Cloverhurst Avenue ; Community ; Crops ; Discrimination ; Education ; Family ; Finley Street ; Gardening ; Gertrude Clark ; Hogs ; Home ; Infrastructure ; Lyndon Row ; Neighborhoods ; Newton Street ; Outhouse ; Ownership ; Parkview Apartments ; Peabody Street ; Roads ; Rural ; Schools ; Segregation ; Self sufficiency ; Sustainability ; U.S. Army ; Union Institute ; Urban farming 17 640 Changes since the 1960s How has the view from the front door of the house that you just moved into--how has that changed since you moved in there in the '60s? Blasingame discusses how her current neighborhood has changed since the 1960s. She talks about the relationships she has maintained from her early community on Lyndon Row. 1960s ; Athens, Georgia ; Baxter Street ; Community ; Cooks ; Crime ; Displacement ; Education ; Family ; Gentrification ; Gertrude Clark ; Janitors ; Neighborhoods ; Peabody Street ; Professors ; School ; Snelling Hall ; Teachers ; UGA ; Union Institute ; University of Georgia ; Work 33.948743, -83.384580 17 Peabody Street (Athens, GA) 832 Work, picking cotton / Shopping downtown Since you grew up in, um, segregated times in Athens, what did you guys do for extracurricular activities? Like, what did you guys do for fun? Or where did you guys hang out? Blasingame talks about going to work picking cotton with her mother in the summers and going shopping downtown with her sister on Saturdays. Athens, Georgia ; Baxter Street ; Brogans ; Childhood ; Clayton Street ; Cloverhurst Avenue ; Diana Shop ; Downtown ; Edwards Grocery ; Fine Arts Building ; Finley Street ; Flea market ; Hot Corner ; Kurd market ; Lumpkin Street ; Lyndon Row ; Marie Johnson ; McClellan's ; Picking cotton ; S.H. Kress and Co. ; Saddle oxfords ; Segregation ; Shopping ; Snelling Hall ; Work 33.958372, -83.376378 17 Clayton Street (Athens, GA) 1033 Church and religion / Marriage and children Did your family belong to a church? Blasingame discusses her family church. She mentions UGA forcing her family and neighbors to move from Lyndon Row. She talks about her children and meeting her first husband. Arnold's Grove Baptist Church ; Athens, Georgia ; Baptism ; Baptist ; Basketball ; Clarke Central High School ; Cloverhurst Avenue ; Community ; Deacon ; Displacement ; Faith ; Family ; Gender roles ; Home ; Infrastructure ; Lexington Road ; Lyndon Row ; Marriage ; Methodist ; Percy Eberhart ; Religion ; Rural ; Saint James Church ; UGA ; University of Georgia ; Water 17 1234 Graduating school / Life in segregated Athens Kind of backtracking, after you finished high school--did you finish high school? Blasingame discusses her decision to turn down a scholarship at Albany State College. She gives examples of segregation policies while living near UGA. 1960s ; Albany State College ; Arctic Girl ; Athens, Georgia ; Baldwin Music ; Choke's Sanitone Dry Cleaning Co ; College ; Dairy Queen ; Dry cleaners ; High school ; Legion Field ; Legion Pool ; Lindentown ; Music ; Neighborhoods ; Redcoat Marching Band ; Scholarship ; Segregation ; UGA ; University of Georgia 17 1336 Civil rights demonstrations But it changed, praise God. I did demonstrate (laughter). That was a good time. Blasingame talks about participating in local civil rights protests in the early 1960s. She mentions demonstrating at The Varsity and Horton's Drug Store. She explains that white backlash mostly came from surrounding rural counties. 1960s ; A& ; A Bakery ; Athens, Georgia ; Baxter Street ; Broad Street ; Charlayne Hunter-Galt ; Civil rights movement ; Clarke County ; Clayton Street ; Cloverhurst Avenue ; College Avenue ; Death threats ; Demonstrations ; Discrimination ; Domestic workers ; Edwards Grocery ; Family ; Finley Street ; Hamilton Holmes ; High school ; Horton's Drug Store ; Integration ; Jail ; Ku Klux Klan ; Lumpkin Street ; Madison County ; Mama Carrie ; Martin Luther King, Jr. ; Oconee County ; Oglethorpe County ; Police ; Racism ; Ron Hudson ; Rural ; Sit-ins ; Snowball ; The Varsity 17 1645 Working / Blasingame's children and their careers What kind of jobs did you have, well, like your whole life, like--you know? Blasingame discusses the many factory jobs she held in Athens. She talks about her children, their educations, and their careers. She mentions the sudden death of her son, Percy Eberhart. ABB, Inc. ; AMA ; American Medical Association ; Anderson College ; Athens, Georgia ; Basketball ; Children ; Cleveland Road ; Computers ; Creation Windows ; Discrimination ; Education ; Florida ; Gibson's Discount Center ; Glass ; Heart attack ; Henson Garment Co ; Huntington Park ; Lyons Textile Mill, Inc. ; Newton Bridge Road ; Percy Eberhart ; Poultry processing plant ; Power Partners ; Racism ; Segregation ; Sewing factory ; Sheet rock ; Steinmart ; Thomas Street ; UGA ; University of Georgia ; Washington, D.C. ; Westclox ; Work 17 1811 Losing home and community in Lindentown / Black experience in Athens Earlier when we--we first showed you this 1950 map, um, you got a little emotional. Can--is there anything else that you haven't shared with us that kind of sticks out to you? Blasingame discusses the community she grew up in and her feelings about being forced out by UGA. She laments the loss of black-owned land and homes and explains why she told her children to leave Athens. Athens, Georgia ; Black-owned ; Cloverhurst Avenue ; Displacement ; Faith ; Family ; Fourth Street ; Gentrification ; Home ; Hull Street ; Integration ; Lyndon Row ; Neighborhoods ; Peabody Street ; Racism ; Sanford Stadium ; Segregation ; Students ; UGA ; University of Georgia ; West Campus Parking Deck 17 2086 Survival through community / Importance of roots / Interview conclusion Well, we only--we have, you know, just a couple more minutes. Is there--I mean, is there anything else that you'd like to--to share with us? Blasingame mentions some of the ways neighbors took care of each other. She talks about the importance of having roots in Athens. Interview concludes. Athens, Georgia ; Broad Street ; Cloverhurst Avenue ; Community ; Family ; Food waste ; History ; Lindentown ; Lumpkin Street ; Lyndon Row ; Neighbors ; Snelling Hall ; Survival ; UGA ; University of Georgia ; Work 17 Oral History Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule. audio 0 RBRL324FPP-0014.xml RBRL324FPP-0014.xml http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL324FPP/findingaid
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Athens, Georgia
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37 minutes
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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I. Georgia Narratives
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Interview with Geneva Blasingame, July 12, 2013
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RBRL324FPP-0014
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Geneva Blasingame
Renee Donnell
Laura Duvekot
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oral histories
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Urban renewal
Discrimination
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights
African American women
African Americans--History
United States--Civil rights
Athens Black History
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2013-07-12
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Athens, Georgia
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Geneva Johnson Blasingame discusses the Linnentown, also known as Lindentown, community and Black neighborhoods in Athens, Georgia. She recalls the University’s efforts to push out black communities in 1962. Blasingame comments on the children attending the Union Institute, working in the garden before school, and making soap with her mother. She describes how the neighborhood has changed from “the place to be,” to a bad neighborhood, and presently to a good neighborhood. Blasingame recalls picking cotton with her mother and buying shoes from the kurd (flea) market. She recalls attending the Honor Grove Baptist Church, meeting her first husband on a dare, and finishing high school in 1964. Blasingame reflects on demonstrating in downtown Athens when the University of Georgia was integrated, and going to jail as a result. She discusses the jobs she’s held, including at a sewing factory, the poultry plant, and at a Creation Windows off of Cleveland Road. <br /><br /><br />This interview is part of the <a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=I.+Georgia+Narratives">Georgia Narratives</a> series.
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First Person Project
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
Description
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The First Person Project was launched by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies in 2012 to record and preserve stories of life in post-twentieth century Georgia. Modeled roughly on StoryCorps, the First Person Project is smaller in scale but similar in concept--an oral history program designed to capture the stories of everyday Georgians. Interviewees are self-selecting. Pairs of friends or loved ones register to participate in the First Person Project on a designated day, and the conversation (up to forty minutes) is facilitated and recorded by Russell archivists. <br /><br />The First Person Project collects personal narratives and oral histories documenting life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Interviews are usually between two friends or family members and typically focus on personal stories such as relationships and family histories. Interviews also touch on larger historical and cultural themes such as racial identity, religion, environmental history, gay rights, the death penalty, and life in Athens and in Georgia.<br /><br />The First Person is divided into five series. <br /><a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=I.+Georgia+Narratives">I. Georgia Narratives</a><br /><a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=II.+Americus,+Georgia">II. Americus, Georgia </a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Americus, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Americus, Ga., at the Lee Council House in December 2013. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority.</div>
<a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=III.+Hawkinsville,+Georgia">III. Hawkinsville, Georgia</a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Hawkinsville, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Hawkinsville, Ga., at the Hawkinsville Dispatch & News building in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library and the UGA Archway Partnership.</div>
<a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=IV.+Plains,+Georgia">IV. Plains, Georgia</a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Plains, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Plains, Ga., at the Plains Historic Inn in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority.</div>
<a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=V.+Beech+Haven,+Athens,+Georgia">V. Beech Haven, Athens, Georgia</a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Beech Haven, Athens, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Athens, Ga., through a partnership between the Russell Library and Dr. Cari Goetcheus, College of Environment and Design, UGA.
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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2012-2018
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Oral histories
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RBRL324FPP
Coverage
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Georgia
Oral History
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Duration
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37 minutes
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Athens, Georgia
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<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL324FPP-0015/audio-access" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Access Interview </a></span></h3>
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5.4
2013-07-12
Interview with Fannie Jordan, July 12, 2013
RBRL324FPP-0015
37 minutes
RBRL324FPP
First Person Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Fannie Jordan
Rennee Donnell
Laura Duvekot
Kaltura
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Family Background
Fannie, we'd like to start...
Fannie Jordan was born in Athens, Ga in 1922, where she lived for some time before moving to New York. She explains that she returned to Athens to live in her grandmother's house and discusses her parents' work and education. Jordan talks about graduating from Athens High and Industrial and attending Morris Brown College for a year.
Atlanta, GA;Church Street (Athens, GA);Finley Street (Athens, GA);First AME Church;Hull Street (Athens, GA)
274
School Years
Um, what was the...
Jordan recalls her transitions between schools from private to public school. She talks about being involved in basketball and Girl Scouts. Jordan also remembers her neighborhood being like family. She discusses buying her grandmother's house, which she has lived in for fifty years, and how it and the surrounding area has changed.
Athens, GA;Reese Street (Athens, GA)
613
Starting a Family/ Athens Community
So, you said you've been...
Jordan discusses raising her late-daughter in the same house she lives in now. She recalls her first marriage to her daughter's father when she was twenty, and then remarrying in her forties after he passed. Jordan names off some members of the local Black businesses and community.
Athens High and Industrial;Church Street (Athens, GA);East Athens Elementary School;Milledge Ave (Athens, GA);Reese Street (Athens, GA);W Hancock Ave (Athens, GA)
1156
Athens in High School
Um, I have a question...
Jordan details leaving for New York in 1940, where she met her first husband, and then moving back to Athens in 1943. She discusses her high school friends and the few she has kept in touch with, as well as memories of Hot Corner.
Athens, GA
1517
Civil Rights Movement/ Transport to School
Um, so, you moved back to Athens...
Jordan recalls her memories of the Civil Rights Movement. From her perspective, there wasn't much racial turmoil in Athens. She mentions walking to school with a group of students from the neighborhood most days and riding home on a horse.
Athens, GA;Hot Corner (Athens);Reese Street (Athens);West Broad Street School
1803
Changes in Athens
Any other changes...
Jordan discusses the changes in Athens she has experienced. She explains the location of an old field where Athens High and Industrial's football team played. Jordan also shares both of her husbands' occupations and her current hobbies, which include reading and watching the news.
Athens, GA;Belk;Downtown Athens;New York;Pope St (Athens);S Finley St (Athens);W Hancock Ave (Athens)
oral history
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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I. Georgia Narratives
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RBRL324FPP-0015
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Interview with Fannie Jordan, July 12, 2013
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Civil rights
African American women
African Americans--History
United States--Civil rights
Athens Black History
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Athens, Georgia
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2013-07-12
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Fannie Jordan
Renee Donnell
Laura Dovekot
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Fannie Jordan discusses being born in Athens on Hull Street in 1922 and subsequently moving to Church Street, Finley Street, and Hancock Street. She reflects on playing basketball in school and attending a two-story school on Finley and Reese Street. Jordan recalls spending her time skating and participating in Girl Scouts. She comments on the neighborhood being connected like a family and describes how her house has changed since she’s lived in it. Jordan discusses her two marriages, her experience in Athens during the Civil Rights Movement, and her time attending West Broad Street School. <br /><br/><br/>This interview is part of the <a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=I.+Georgia+Narratives">Georgia Narratives</a> series.
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First Person Project
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Georgia--History, Local
Georgia--Communities
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The First Person Project was launched by the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies in 2012 to record and preserve stories of life in post-twentieth century Georgia. Modeled roughly on StoryCorps, the First Person Project is smaller in scale but similar in concept--an oral history program designed to capture the stories of everyday Georgians. Interviewees are self-selecting. Pairs of friends or loved ones register to participate in the First Person Project on a designated day, and the conversation (up to forty minutes) is facilitated and recorded by Russell archivists. <br /><br />The First Person Project collects personal narratives and oral histories documenting life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Interviews are usually between two friends or family members and typically focus on personal stories such as relationships and family histories. Interviews also touch on larger historical and cultural themes such as racial identity, religion, environmental history, gay rights, the death penalty, and life in Athens and in Georgia.<br /><br />The First Person is divided into five series. <br /><a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=I.+Georgia+Narratives">I. Georgia Narratives</a><br /><a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=II.+Americus,+Georgia">II. Americus, Georgia </a><br />
<div style="margin-left:2em;">Americus, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Americus, Ga., at the Lee Council House in December 2013. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority.</div>
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<div style="margin-left:2em;">Hawkinsville, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Hawkinsville, Ga., at the Hawkinsville Dispatch & News building in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library and the UGA Archway Partnership.</div>
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<div style="margin-left:2em;">Plains, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Plains, Ga., at the Plains Historic Inn in February 2014. Interviews were made possible through a partnership between the Russell Library, the UGA Archway Partnership, and the Americus Downtown Development Authority.</div>
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<div style="margin-left:2em;">Beech Haven, Athens, Georgia, interviews were recorded in Athens, Ga., through a partnership between the Russell Library and Dr. Cari Goetcheus, College of Environment and Design, UGA.
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Creator
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Publisher
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Date
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2012-2018
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Oral histories
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RBRL324FPP
Coverage
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Georgia
Oral History
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Duration
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43 minutes
Location
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Athens, Georgia
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5.4
2013-07-12
Interview with Bennie Tillman, Sr., July 12, 2013
RBRL324FPP-0018
43 minutes
RBRL324FPP
First Person Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia
Bennie Tillman, Sr.
Renee Donnell, Laura Duvekot
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Early life / Family
Mr. Tillman, can you start by telling us when and where you were born?
Tillman describes his childhood and how many siblings he had. He also talks about his parents' occupations.
Childbirth;Parents;Siblings
130
Ancestors / Slavery
Back tracking a little bit, how many generations of your family before you lived in Athens?
Tillman describes where his parents were from. He talks briefly about his father's enslavement and his father's treatment. In addition, he tells a story of his father standing up for himself.
Ancestors;Antebellum;Athens;Enslaved;Georgia;Slavery;Treatment
239
Education / Early Occupations
Did you go to school here in Athens?
Tillman discusses how and why he left school early to begin working. He gives an overview of his various occupations, and describes his time working at Camp Wilkins from 1936 to 1940. Tillman talks about his struggle to get a pay raise and how that led him to a job working for the Navy, and later at Athens Radio.
Athens Radio;Brick Mason;Camp Wilkins;Child Labor;Cotton Factory;Education;JK Davis;Literacy;University Workers
590
St. Mary's Hospital, 1950-1985
And I ended up at St. Mary's Hospital. I worked for them, I think from 1950 - - I retired from them in 1985.
Tillman discusses working for St. Mary's Hospital, where he stayed for 35 years until his retirement. He describes how his job as a cook at the hospital was a tough job, especially during the time of integration. Tillman recalls receiving orders from a dietitian, dictating diets for their patients. Tillman compares the dietition's recommendations to the average African American diet at the time.
Cook;Diet;Integration;Retirement;Segregation
902
Marriage
You mentioned that you were married, how old were you when you met her?
Tillman recalls marrying his wife and discusses the adoption of their child.
Adoption;African American;marriage
971
Raising Livestock / Community
You said that people raised hogs, did you have hogs or grow any of your own food?
Tillman describes moving to Rocksprings and raising chickens. He recalls planting different vegetables in his garden and talks about his love for playing golf.
Camp Wilkins;community;Golf;Rock Springs;Second Chickens
1373
Tillman's Home
We also wanted to ask you about the house that you live in now.
Tillman describes how important it was to him to have a house for his new wife. He remembers buying a plot of land where he and his brother built a house in the 1940s.
1946;African American;Construction;Home;House;Marriage;Weather
1557
Community Changes
How has the neighborhood changed around you since the 1900s?
Tillman describes how community infrastructure has changed. He also recounts his time in Rock Springs and Athens during his youth.
Athens Georgia;Cotton;Demographic;Drought;Farmers;Henderson Extension;Hunting;Neighborhood;Pavement;Pecan ORchard;Rabbits;Rock Springs;Sewer;Storm Water;Swimming;Utilities;Water;White Flight
2125
Memories of 20th Century Athens
Well, I mean we have a couple of more minutes - - is there any other memories that you would like to share about, you know, the 'days gone by' - the days that are not coming back in Athens?
Tillman recalls falling in a lake on a boat ride while sterilizing the water. He discusses playing football for 3 years at Athens High School.
20th Century;Alps Road;Athens Georgia;Athens High School;Clubhouse;Country Club;Football;Social Security
Oral history
No transcript.
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Repository
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Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Subcollection/Series
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I. Georgia Narratives
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Identifier
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RBRL324FPP-0018
Title
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Interview with Bennie Tillman Sr., July 12, 2013
Subject
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African Americans--History
Urban renewal
Athens Black History
Coverage
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Athens, Georgia
Date
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2013-07-12
Creator
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Bennie Tillman Sr.
Renee Donnell
Laura Dovekot
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oral histories
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sound
Description
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Bennie Tillman discusses his early life, family, education, and career. He recalls working for contractor J.W. Davis, Snelling Dining Commons, and for St. Mary’s Hospital as a cook. Tillman reflects on living in Rocksprings, raising and keeping chickens, and growing a garden. He also comments on enjoying golf, hunting rabbits, and moving to his current house in 1948. Tillman discusses the development Athens underwent in the 1930s and 1940s and his pastimes as a youngster of swimming, fishing, and playing football. <br /><br/><br/>This interview is part of the <a href="https://georgiaoralhistory.libs.uga.edu/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=58&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=I.+Georgia+Narratives">Georgia Narratives</a> series.
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