Lucius Holloway, Sr. and Emma Kate Holloway Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.17462.1a and 2011.174.62.1b.

In this short interview, Lucius Holloway, Sr., and Emma Kate Holloway describe their experiences in Terrell County, Georgia. They discuss their childhood memories of Southwest Georgia, and how they came to meet and marry. The remainder of the interview focuses on their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, the harassment they faced from white supremacists, and their role in registering black voters.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 9, 2013
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Lucius Holloway Sr., American, born 1932
• Interview of: Emma Kate Holloway, American
• Interviewed by: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, American, born 1973
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 30 min., 35 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 31.68 GB
• Place collected: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Terrell County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: Social reform
• Topic: Suffrage
• Object number: 2011.174.62.1ab
• 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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