The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.65.1a and 2011.174.65.1b. Johnnie Ruth Browner McCullar describes growing up in southwest Georgia, attending segregated schools in Sasser, Georgia, and her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the…
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