- Collection:
- Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Milton A. Galamison, June 17, 1964
- Creator:
- Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988
- Contributor to Resource:
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1964-06-17
- Subject:
- African American clergy African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Education
African Americans--Race identity
African Americans--Relations with Africans
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Race relations
Busing for school integration
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights movements--United States
Educational equalization--United States
Race relations
School integration--New York (State)
School integration--United States
Segregation
Segregation in education--United States - People:
- Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988--Interviews
Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, New York, 43.00035, -75.4999
United States, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, 40.6501, -73.94958 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Description:
- Reverend Milton Galamison (1923-1988) was a clergyman and civil rights leader in New York City. Born in Philadelphia, Galamison later received his bachelors from Lincoln University in Montana and his masters in Theology from Princeton University. At the age of 25, Galamison became pastor of the Siloam Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York from 1948 until his death in 1988. In 1955, Galamison was elected chair of the NAACP Schools Workshop. Later, after serving one term as President of the Brooklyn chapter of the NAACP, Galamison resigned in order to devote more time to addressing school integration. He founded the Parent's Workshop for Equality in New York City Schools and the Citywide Coalition for Community Control. In his work to integrate schools within the New York City system, Galamison organized boycotts of New York City Schools. In 1968, Galamison was appointed to the New York City Schools Board of Education. In this interview, Reverend Milton Galamison discusses the issues of integration and segregation of the New York City school system at length. Galamison describes his standards for integration and discusses what integration means to the larger community of African Americans. Galamison discusses the current state of the New York City school system, its progress toward desegregation, and his own participation working toward desegregation of these schools. In addition, Galamison discusses African American culture and describes what he calls an "affinity" toward African cultures.
- Local Identifier:
- 2002oh107_rpwcr002
- Metadata URL:
- https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt722804xt2k
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Interviews may be reproduced with permission from Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky. Libraries
- Rights:
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