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Georgia Turner discusses living in a tent city

BROADCAST: Apr. 28, 1962 | DURATION: 00:54:06

Synopsis

Georgia Turner has been working in the fields since she was 8 years old. Today, she's 58 years old, and she lives in Tent City, in Fayette County, Tennessee. No matter how many hardships Turner encountered, she said she lives her life so that she can go to heaven. There are also excerpts from previous interviews of James Baldwin and Lillian Smith.

*Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion.

Details

Broadcast Date
Apr. 28, 1962

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (56 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
54 minutes, 6 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Anthropology & Sociology American History & Politics

People

Workers

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Turner, Georgia Oral biography Autobiography. Audiotapes. Radio programs.

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