Created by
National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
Interviewed by
Navies, Kelly Elaine, American
Interview of
Dr. Holmes, Brenda, American, born 1950
Recorded by
Hutcherson, Trudy, American
Subject of
Morrison, George Sr., American, 1889 - 1951
Morrison, George Emmett Jr., American, 1925 - 1991
Dublin High School
Howard University, American, founded 1867
Radford College
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Dublin United Methodist Church
Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
Date
2022
Medium
digital
Dimensions
Duration: 22 min., 57 sec.
File size (Total): 92.4 MB
Description
An oral history interview with Dr. Brenda Holmes. It consists of a single .mov file .mov (file codec Apple ProRes HQ 422). Dr. Brenda Holmes was interviewed at her mother's home in Dublin, Virginia, on May 26, 2022, as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. The oral history supplements both an interview with her mother, Mrs. Mattie Payne Morrison Holmes (NMAAHC 2024.50.1.1), as well as a donation of several objects related to the military service of her grandfather, George Emmett Morrison, Sr., who served in the 367th Infantry, 92nd Division, during World War I (NMAAHC 2023.24.1-.5).
The interview has a focus on Dr. Holmes’s early life in Dublin and begins with a discussion of Dr. Holmes’s memories of her grandfather, George Emmett Morrison, Sr. Dr. Holmes discusses her educational experiences in Dublin, particularly her experience integrating Dublin High School in the 1960s. Dr. Holmes then talks a little bit about her mother before recounting how she and another girl were sexually abused by a white pastor in Dublin as young girls.
Place depicted
Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Place captured
Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Type
oral histories
digital media - born digital
sound films
color films (visual works)
Topic
Children
Christianity
Civil rights
Education
Families
Segregation
Sexual abuse
White supremacy movements
World War I
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2024.50.2.1
Restrictions & Rights
© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52237408e-617d-43aa-a619-b974e1e87984

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