- Collection:
- Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Richard Gunn, May 7, 1964
- Creator:
- Gunn, Richard L., 1925-1976
- Contributor to Resource:
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1964-05-07
- Subject:
- African American business enterprises
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Civil rights--Ohio
African Americans--Civil rights--Ohio--Cleveland
African Americans--Education
Civil rights movements--Northern States
Civil rights movements--Southern States
Civil rights movements--United States
Cleveland (Ohio)--Race relations
Educational equalization--United States
Race relations Racism--United States--Public opinion
School integration--United States Segregation
Segregation in education--United States
Whites--United States--Attitudes - People:
- Gunn, Richard L., 1925-1976--Interviews
Gunn, Richard L., 1925-1976
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-2005 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 41.4995, -81.69541 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Description:
- Richard Gunn, an African American attorney in Cleveland, Ohio, was heavily involved in the push for school integration. Originally from Kansas City, he moved to Cleveland in 1948 and after passing both the Ohio and Kansas bar, began practicing law in Ohio in 1949. In this interview, Gunn largely focuses on the integration of Cleveland schools, the state of the Cleveland school system, and the quality of education for African Americans. Gunn describes demonstrations in front of the city's Board of Education as well as his own personal experiences and feelings concerning the progress of the civil rights movement. In addition, Gunn describes Cleveland's largest employers of African Americans including the Cleveland Electrical Illuminating Company and the Ohio Bell Telephone company. He also discusses the substantial number of African American owned businesses in Cleveland. Gunn discusses the differences between the civil rights movement in the North and the South and also provides his own feelings on the role of young white people in the movement.
- Local Identifier:
- 2002oh106_rpwcr001
- Metadata URL:
- https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7nvx05xx25
- 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:
-
