Juanita Jackson Mitchell and Virginia Jackson Kiah interview, 1975
Description
In this oral history interview for the McKeldin-Jackson Project, Virginia Jackson Kiah and Juanita Jackson Mitchell, the daughters of pioneering freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson and evangelist Keiffer Albert Jackson, focus on their family history, their parents' marriage, and some of the experiences and values that led to their parents' zeal to fight against discrimination and racial segregation. The interview touches upon Lillie May Carroll Jackson's perspectives on race, character, and education, and Keiffer Albert Jackson's work to document Black businesspeople and churches through film. The sisters also discuss their father's childhood experience of witnessing three lynchings in his home state of Mississippi, along with other formative experiences that impacted his feelings about the south and his future work.
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Date
1975-07-15