Interview with Gail Reid Hackbart, May 22, 2017

Collection: Griffin African American Oral History Project

Dublin Core

Subject

Civil rights

Segregation

School integration

African American women

Civil rights demonstrations

United States--Civil rights

Discrimination

Student movements

Description

Gail Reid Hackbart grew up in Griffin, Georgia as the daughter of Gary Reid, a prominent Civil Rights activist in Georgia. Gail attended Georgia Tech, where she started the Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter and participated in marches over the unfair treatment of minority students. In this interview, Reid Hackbart discusses her childhood, education, and her work in the Civil Rights movement.

Creator

Date

2017-05-22

Identifier

RBRL418GAA-011

Coverage

Griffin, Georgia

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Location

Griffin, Georgia

Duration

98 minutes

Repository

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

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Citation

Gail Reid Hackbart et al., “Interview with Gail Reid Hackbart, May 22, 2017,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed November 21, 2024, https://russelllibraryoralhistory.org/RBRL418GAA/RBRL418GAA-011.