- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Grace Miller oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Griffin, Willie James, 1974-
Miller, Grace H., 1932- - Date of Original:
- 2013-03-09
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--United States
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Interviews
Civil rights movements--Georgia - People:
- Sherrod, Charles, 1937-2022
Sherrod, Shirley, 1948-
Miller, Grace H., 1932- --Interviews - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baker County, 31.32618, -84.44467
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
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application/pdf - Description:
- Grace Hall Miller (mother of activist Shirley Sherrod) describes her childhood in Baker County, Georgia, her education in segregated schools, her marriage to Hosie Miller, and their early involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Grace Hall Miller's commitment to the Baker County Movement grew following the murder of her husband by a white neighbor in 1965. She describes how her house became headquarters for the local movement and how the community rallied to support her and her children. Miller's children were among the black students who integrated white schools, and because of their experience, she dedicated much of her life to improving education.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0067/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 5 video files of 5 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (54 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (38 pages)
application/x-video
image/jpg - Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights: