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Myrtle Gonza Glascoe Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Gonza Glascoe, Myrtle, American, 1936 - 2019
- Interviewed by
- Reece, Dwandalyn R., American
- Subject of
- Howard University, American, founded 1867
- University of Pennsylvania, American, founded 1740
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Newsome Jackson, Gertrude, American, born 1923
- Himmelbaum, Howard, American
- Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
- Avery Research Center, American, founded 1985
- Date
- November 17, 2010
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:33:35
- Description
- The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.3.1a and 2011.174.3.1b.
- Myrtle Gonza Glascoe recalls growing up in Washington, D.C., attending Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania, and her early career in education and social work. She remembers joining the Baltimore Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), moving to California, and her work as a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field Secretary in West Point, Mississippi and Phillips County, Arkansas, where she worked closely with Howard Himmelbaum and Gertrude Jackson. She also discusses her work as the director of the Avery Research Center and her opinions on the education of African Americans.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0003
- Place collected
- Capitol Heights, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- West Point, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.3.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls A
- Photograph by
- Dr. Derby, Doris, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
- Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1144 pixels × 1107 pixels
- Description
- A black-and-white image of a member of the Una Sewing Co-op making a doll. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a close up of a woman's hands sewing a black doll. She is holding the head of the doll in her PL hand, and is pulling a piece of yarn attached to the doll with her right hand. The yarn is looped around her right hand. She has a angular ring on her PL hand ring finger and a braided bracelet on her PL hand. The background is not focused.
- Place captured
- Una, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.23.12.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Doris A. Derby
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Una Sewing Co-op - Black Dolls B
- Photograph by
- Dr. Derby, Doris, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Poor People's Corporation, American, 1965 - 1974
- Liberty House, American, 1965 - 1974
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1280 pixels × 875 pixels
- Description
- A black-and-white image of a member of the Una Sewing Co-op making a doll. The image is in portrait orientation and depicts a close-up shot of a woman (her PL side) cutting a piece of fabric. The woman's hair is wrapped, and she is wearing a white sweater with her sleeves pushed up and a checkered dress underneath. She has a thin watch on her PL wrist. There is a black Singer (R) sewing machine in the background.
- Place captured
- Una, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.23.12.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Doris A. Derby