<I>Gloria Claudette Grinnell Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 14, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Gloria Claudette Grinnell, American, born 1939
label: Interviewed by
content: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
label: Subject of
content: Virginia Union University, American, founded 1865
label: Subject of
content: Los Angeles Unified School Disctrict, American, founded 1961
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.83.1a, 2011.174.83.1b, 2011.174.83.1c, and 2011.174.83.1d.
label: Description
content: Gloria Claudette Grinnell recounts her participation in the sit-in movement in Richmond, Virginia, when she was a student at Virginia Union University. She describes her family's history on the East Coast and explains how she and her mother ended up in San Francisco. She discusses her decision to move from California to attend Virginia Union. She describes the sit-in movement that she joined in 1960. She discusses returning to California and her career with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0083
place: label: Place collected
content: Ojai, Ventura County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Civil Rights History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.174.83.1a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: video recordings
label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 1 hr., 6 min., 45 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 110.94 GB