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Research & Interp

The intern will work with National Park Service staff and partners of the SW Georgia Civil War to
Civil Rights Historic Trail to uncover untold stories about the historic African American community of
Archery, GA through original research and oral history interviews. The intern collaborate with park
staff and partners to produce interpretive products and lesson plans to incorporate the untold
stories of Archery into the park's interpretive landscape.

The intern will work to fill a hole in the park's interpretive landscape by uncovering and sharing
untold stories of the historic African American community of Archery, GA. The residents of Archery
were young Jimmy Carter's neighbors, and they taught him much about human rights, Black selfdetermination, community service, spirituality, and culture. The intern will complete original
research about historic Archery's residents, the St. Mark's AME Church, and the Tuskegee-Model
Johnson Home Industrial College. These people and institutions, even the founding of the village
itself, were committed to elevating the African American community in the most disadvantaged
region of the country in the 1910s-1940s. The strived after this goal through quality education,
cultural celebration, and spiritual uplift.
This bastion of Black self-determination impacted future President Carter on the deepest levels. It
led him to advocate for his former neighbors in his sundry political offices from the local school
board to the presidency and beyond through his work with the Carter Center. The residents of
Archery had a national impact on global Civil Rights through the example they set through their
community.
The intern will work with National Park Service staff and park partners of the newly developed SW
Georgia Civil War to Civil Rights History Trail to create interpretive products, lesson plans, and digital
experiences to ensure that these previously untold stories are accessible to local residents, park
visitors, and students across the country. The intern will have the ability to collaborate with park
staff and partners to use their research in different mediums of interpretation, including the
developing of a video series, social media posts, interpretive programming, educational field trips,
lesson plans, and the creation of a traditional wayside sign. The intern's integral role in completing
independent research and oral history interviews with community members will help the park tell a
more complete history of the area, President Carter's policy influences, and the rural southern Civil
Rights story.