- Collection:
- Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Documentary collection, 1986-2006
- Title:
- Jim Grimsley interviewed by John Inscoe, 9 May 2016.
- Creator:
- Grimsley, Jim, 1955-
Inscoe, John C., 1951- - Date of Original:
- 2016-05-09
- Subject:
- School integration
School integration--Georgia
Georgia - People:
- Grimsley, Jim, 1955-
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Jim Grimsley was born in 1955 in North Carolina. He worked as a playwright for 7 Stages Theater for over 20 years and has written numerous semi-autobiographical novels including Winter Birds and Dream Boy. He is a Professor of Practice in the English and Creative Writing departments at Emory University.
Interviewed by John Inscoe.
In this interview, Grimsley discusses his experience with school integration as he talks about recent memoir How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL175OHD-028/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Documentary Collection, OHD 028, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (86 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Richard B. Russell Library Oral History Documentary collection, 1986-2006
http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL175OHD-ead.xml - Contributing Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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