Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins Oral History Interview: Date: May 28, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Geraldine Crawford Bennett, American.
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The oral history consists of eight digital files: 2011.174.18.1a, 2011.174.18.1b, 2011.174.18.1c, 2011.174.18.1d, 2011.174.18.1e, 2011.174.18.1f, 2011.174.18.1g, and 2011.174.18.1h.
Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins remember their mother and sister Gayle Jenkins, a leader of the civil rights movement in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They discuss their family history, how the family became involved in the movement, and Willie Jenkins' court case to integrate the public schools. They recall being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice, marching in local rallies, and memories of their late brother Don, who was also involved in the movement.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: May 28, 2011
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: Geraldine Crawford Bennett, American
- Interview of: Toni Breaux, American
- Interview of: Willie Elliot Jenkins, American
- Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
- Subject of: Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964
- Subject of: Gayle E. Expose Jenkins, American, died 2002
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 22 min., 5 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 134.52 GB
- Place collected: Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Law
- Object number: 2011.174.18.1a-h
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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