Thomas Chatmon, interview

Title

Thomas Chatmon, interview

Description

One example of “the extraordinary resilience of black citizens, who individually and collectively found ways to endure, fight back and occasionally define their own destinies…”

Thomas Chatmon was born in 1919 and interviewed in 1994 at the age of 75 in Albany, Georgia.

Source

William H. Chafe, Raymond Gavins, Robert Korstad eds., Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South (New York: New Press, 2001)

Date

1994

Files

Citation

"Thomas Chatmon, interview," in Teaching with Laurel Grove School, Item #90, https://chnm.gmu.edu/laurelgrove/items/show/90 (accessed February 1, 2022).