Karen Schaefer and Jessie Hayden oral history interview, May 31, 2018

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Identifier: SchaeferK-HaydenJ_20180531

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Karen Schaefer and Jessie Hayden oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Karen Stephens. In this interview, Karen Schaefer and Jessie Hayden discuss their involvement with the Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women. They discuss the logistics of getting to the march. They also discuss the atmosphere of the march and details they took in throughout the day. They discuss the political issues that caused them to march. They conclude by discussing their hope for youth activism and future change.

Dates

Creation: May 31, 2018

Creator

Schaefer, Karen, 1943- (Interviewee, Person)
Hayden, Jessie, 1965- (Interviewee, Person)

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Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

Karen Schaefer was born in 1943 in New Haven, Connecticut. She grew up in North Carolina (her father taught at UNC Chapel Hill). Schaefer studied geography at Georgia State University and later became a math teacher at Grady High School in Atlanta. She later served in the Peace Corps in Tanzania. She is currently retired.

Biographical Note

Jessie Hayden was born in 1965 in Oxford, Mississippi. She moved to South Carolina soon after being born, and later moved to Atlanta. She is an English as a Second Language teacher and works primarily with immigrant populations. The Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women was Hayden's first march.