| Other author/creator | Lemon, J. W., 1919-2011, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with J. W. Lemon |
| Portion of title |
J. W. Lemon |
| Abstract |
Community activist and postal worker James Windel Lemon was born on November 9, 1919 in Locust Grove, Georgia. Lemon graduated from Henry County Training School in McDonough, Georgia in 1939. He worked in an Atlanta pressing plant. He attended Forsyth State Teacher's College in Forsyth, Georgia where he studied to be a plumber. Lemon returned to Locust Grove after school, and during the 1940s, he became the founder and youngest chapter president of the Henry County NAACP where he found himself under regular threats by the Ku Klux Klan. He advocated for the improvement of the County's education system and was instrumental in obtaining better training for teachers in African American schools. He also fought for the rights of African American farmers. Lemon also worked for the U.S. Army Depot credit union. He then worked for the U.S. Post Office for 41 years. Lemon passed away on November 17, 2011 at age 92. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Locust Grove, Georgia 2006 December 11. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2006.157 HistoryMakers |
