Interview with Evelyn Barrow, August 21, 2023

Evelyn Barrow was born in Athens in 1947 and has spent her life there. She grew up in Newtown, graduated from Burney-Harris High School in 1965, and spent 33 years working at Hope Haven before moving to her current position of driving buses. In this interview, Barrow describes what the neighborhood was like during her childhood and her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement in Athens. She also talks about her work at Hope Haven and her 17 years of driving buses, and observes generational differences of youth today.

2023-8-21

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69 minutes