Interview with Dawn Bennett-Alexander, October 12, 2012

Collection: First Person Project

Dublin Core

Subject

African American women

African Americans--History

Civil rights demonstrations

Civil rights

Race identity

African American authors

Authors and publishers

United States--Civil rights

Athens Black History

Description

Jenniffer Jones interviews her mother, Dawn Bennett-Alexander, about her early life in Washington D.C., including Bennett-Alexander's experiences during segregation and her memories of attending the March on Washington in 1963. Bennett-Alexander also discusses race and diversity and her career at the University of Georgia.

This interview is part of the Georgia Narratives series.

Creator

Dawn Bennett-Alexander

Jenniffer Jones

Date

2012-10-12

Identifier

RBRL324FPP-0004

Coverage

Athens, Georgia

Washington, D.C.

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Location

Athens, Georgia

Duration

40 minutes

Repository

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Subcollection/Series

I. Georgia Narratives

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Citation

Dawn Bennett-Alexander and Jenniffer Jones, “Interview with Dawn Bennett-Alexander, October 12, 2012,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed November 21, 2024, https://russelllibraryoralhistory.org/RBRL324FPP/RBRL324FPP-0004.