Created by
Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of
Richardson, Gloria St. Clair Hayes, American, 1922 - 2021
Interviewed by
Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, American, founded 1962
Frazier, E. Franklin, American, 1894 - 1962
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
Date
July 19, 2011
Medium
digital
Dimensions
Duration: 1 hr., 32 min., 37 sec.
Total: 154.27 GB
Description
The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.35.1a, 2011.174.35.1b, 2011.174.35.1c, 2011.174.35.1d, and 2011.174.35.1e.
Gloria Richardson recalls growing up in Cambridge, Maryland, attending Howard University, and joining Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with her daughter, Donna, after returning to Cambridge and running her father's drug store. She recalls traveling to the South with her family to assist SNCC with voter registration, organizing the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, assisting E. Franklin Frazier with research on African Americans, and marching in a protest where the police used cyanogen gas. She also discusses attending the March on Washington, her involvement with the Nation of Islam, and meeting Malcolm X.
LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0035
Place collected
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Civil Rights History Project
Classification
Media Arts-Film and Video
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Type
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Topic
Activism
American South
Associations and institutions
Civil rights
Education
Labor
Nation of Islam
Religion
Resistance
Social reform
Suffrage
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
2011.174.35.1a-e
Restrictions & Rights
© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5662c23c0-7c29-4344-8690-066160ec7342

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