<I>Brenda Holmes, Ph.D., Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2022
name: label: Created by
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
label: Interviewed by
content: Kelly Elaine Navies, American
label: Interview of
content: Dr. Brenda Holmes, American, born 1950
label: Recorded by
content: Trudy Hutcherson, American
label: Subject of
content: George Morrison Sr., American, 1889 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: George Emmett Morrison Jr., American, 1925 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Dublin High School
label: Subject of
content: Howard University, American, founded 1867
label: Subject of
content: Radford College
label: Subject of
content: Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
label: Subject of
content: Dublin United Methodist Church
label: Subject of
content: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
notes: label: Description
content: An oral history interview with Dr. Brenda Holmes. It consists of a single MOV file (.mov). Dr. Brenda Holmes was interviewed at her mother's home in Dublin, Virginia, on May 26, 2022, as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. The oral history supplements both an interview with her mother, Mrs. Mattie Payne Morrison Holmes (NMAAHC 2024.50.1.1), as well as a donation of several objects related to the military service of her grandfather, George Emmett Morrison, Sr., who served in the 367th Infantry, 92nd Division, during World War I (NMAAHC 2023.24.1-.5).
label: Description
content: The interview has a focus on Dr. Holmes’s early life in Dublin and begins with a discussion of Dr. Holmes’s memories of her grandfather, George Emmett Morrison, Sr. Dr. Holmes discusses her educational experiences in Dublin, particularly her experience integrating Dublin High School in the 1960s. Dr. Holmes then talks a little bit about her mother before recounting how she and another girl were sexually abused by a white pastor in Dublin as young girls.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Sexual abuse
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Collection Donor Oral History Project
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2024.50.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: oral histories
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 22 min., 57 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: File size (Total): 92.4 MB