Ora Faye Ramsey, Newtown, September 28, 2013

2013-09-28

2010-2019

Oral histories of women from Newtown, an African-American neighborhood in Gainesville, Georgia, whose Florist Club members became vocal leaders for civil rights and community improvement.

Ora Ramsey talks about her life in Newtown. Specifically, she discusses family life with her husband and children. She also reflects on what it was like in south during the Civil Rights movement. Ramsey then asks the students interviewing her some questions and explains what she thinks of the younger generations. The interview ends with the Spelman students describing what they learned from talking with Ramsey.

African American women, Oral history, Environmental justice, African Americans--Civil rights

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The Spelman Independent Scholars Oral History Project

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:167

00:49:32

00:00:44 Ramsey talks about where she lives and how often she visits Newtown., 00:01:30 Ramsey discusses her childhood., 00:05:58 Ramsey talks about moving to Gainesville and working at a poultry plant., 00:07:32 Ramsey describes when she met her husband and having children., 00:10:12 Ramsey talks about what it was like living in the south. She mentions some events that occurred involving the Ku Klux Klan., 00:14:20 Ramsey describes a former employer’s relation to Martin Luther King Jr., 00:18:12 She talks about her travels and working at a junior college., 00:24:18 Ramsey talks about Martin Luther King Jr. and how she felt following his assassination., 00:25:43 Ramsey discusses what she thinks of younger generations., 00:28:11 Ramsey talks about counseling young women in her community., 00:32:16 Ramsey lists places that she visited with a former employer., 00:37:55 Ramsey comments on her relationship with her husband., 00:38:28 Ramsey talks about her children., 00:41:14 Ramsey asks each interviewer what they are majoring in. She then talks about the subjects she did and did not enjoy in school., 00:42:33 Ramsey discusses the birth of her children., 00:46:08 Ramsey describes how she came up with her children’s names., 00:47:29 Ramsey ends the interview by asking the students if they learned anything from talking with her., 00:47:49 Ramsey unwraps a gift from the students.

Spelman College

Georgia--New Town

Newtown

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.167:0047_02_1

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