Sam Young, Jr. Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.66.1a and 2011.174.66.1b.

Samuel J. Young, Jr., describes his childhood in Worth County, Georgia, during the 1950s. He recalls the racial violence that he witnessed and heard stories about as a child. After graduating high school he joined the Southwest Georgia Project. He helped to start a newspaper for the project and was also involved in the group's initiative to develop a self-sufficient farm to counteract discrimination against black farmers.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 9, 2013
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Sam Young Jr., American, born 1950
• Interviewed by: Willie James Griffin Ph. D., American, born 1974
• Subject of: Southwest Georgia Project for For Community Education, Inc., American
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 42 min., 4 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 68.8 GB
• Place collected: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Worth County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Agriculture
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2011.174.66.1ab
• 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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