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Scope and Contents Interviewed by Morna Gerrard. Kaffie McCullough opens her second oral history by discussing her work for the Juvenile Justice Fund. She moves on to talk about hosting former victims of child prostitution at GOAL, a camp for girls that she established. Following her interest in child sex trafficking activism, McCullough was instrumental in the creation of the organization, A Future. Not a Past., and she highlights both the formation and the running of the organization. McCullough discusses...

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Interviewed by Robin Morris.

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Morna Gerrard. Kaffie McCullough begins her oral history by discussing her childhood, particularly her relationship to both her parents and her siblings. She moves on to talk about her time at an all-female college, which led her to meet her first husband. After having their first child, McCullough had to work as a teacher to support her husband’s desire to attend medical school, and she recounts this as a hard time in her life, that ultimately ended in divorce. McCullough...

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Interviewed by Robin Morris.

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Hilary Morrish. Phyllis Miller opens her oral history by discussing her childhood in Virginia. After completing college, she gained extensive job experience through her many different roles at Grady Hospital. She talks about the impact of her work at Grady in pediatrics, as well as her transition later in life to working in the high-risk nursery as a full time OB/GYN social worker. Miller details her transition to the DeKalb Rape Crisis center, highlighting the services they...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Hilary Morrish. Phyllis Miller begins her second oral history by discussing the racism her and her family have experienced in their lifetimes. She discusses her experience attending graduate school at Lafayette College as one of the youngest students in the social work program. She transitions into her most prominent work achievements, highlighting her work with the first child diagnosed with AIDS in Georgia and her efforts to establish Medicaid waiver programs. Using her...

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Interviewed by Christine Tibbetts.

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Janet Paulk. Nan Orrock begins by talking about her early life in Abingdon, Virginia, and about the early lives of her parents in the rural south. She discusses how an aunt, who worked on Capitol Hill, was an early influence on her life. She graduated from Mary Washington College, where she had become active for racial justice. Orrock states that attending the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a watershed moment in her life, as it led her to work for the...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Janet Paulk. Orrock’s second interview begins with her work in Nashville with the Southern Student Organizing Company (SSOC). She discussed her four year marriage with Gene Guerrero including their relationship dynamics and divorce. She worked for the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) for 17 years. While there, she was integral in race relations and unionization at the company. She describes some of the work she did there and the overall working conditions and struggles she...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Janet Paulk. In this interview, Orrock discusses her own gravitation toward activism with organized labor and her eventual career at the Nabisco plant in Atlanta. She developed a close friendship with the labor activist Nanny Lee Washburn, who had an impact on Orrock’s life. She talks about raising her two sons with her second husband Charlie Orrock who was also active in the labor movement. Orrock had a period during the late 1970s where she concentrated more on her family...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Janet Paulk. In this interview, Orrock recounts the origins of her campaign for the Georgia House of Representatives, and how people such as John Sweet and Debi Sternes were instrumental in her success. There is some discussion about why so few women run for office and the structure of campaigning in Georgia. Once in office, Orrock helped found a bipartisan Women's Caucus which remains active today. She discusses other women in the Legislature such as Mary Margaret Oliver. She...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Terri Wilder. Tonia Poteat begins her interview talking about her first job as a lay health worker at the Feminist Women’s Health Center when she moved to Atlanta after college. While working there, she decided she wanted to get a clinical degree and work with women with HIV. She discusses starting ACT UP with Alicia Culver and later working for Project Open Hand. She talks about her draw to AIDS work and activism and the connections she sees between AIDS and other issues, and...

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Interviewed by Morna Gerrard.

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Natalia Poppeliers. Amy Ray begins her second interview talking specifically about her activism. She discusses various groups she’s been involved with, including Project South, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southerners on New Ground, Georgia WAND, and Honor the Earth. She talks about her mentors and supporters in activism. She discusses causes not focused on in the first interview, including immigrant rights and gay rights. She describes how growing up in a religious...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Natalia Poppeliers. Georgia native Amy Ray begins by talking about how her early interest in music intertwined with her activism, and was influenced by her Southern roots. Ray and her musical partner Emily Saliers met when they were in elementary school, and Ray discusses their formative years together. Ray and Saliers’ group, the Indigo Girls were involved in the Atlanta music scene of the 1980s, and Ray speaks about the support that that scene provided, and how it influenced...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Morna Gerrard. Leola Reis begins her interview by discussing her family lineage. She talks about the experiences of her parents and grandparents, which include one of her grandmothers surviving a German concentration camp during WWII. She discusses being raised Jewish, and what that meant in her family. Reis was born in Canada and eventually immigrated to the United States, and she talks about some of the differences in the two nations. She was educated at Queen’s University...

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Interviewed by Morna Gerrard.

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Interviewed by Morna Gerrard.

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Interviewed by Samantha Harvell.

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Interviewed by Morna Gerrard.