<I>Gertrude Newsome Jackson Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: November 22, 2011
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Gertrude Newsome Jackson, American, born 1923
label: Interviewed by
content: LaFleur Paysour
label: Subject of
content: Myrtle Gonza Glascoe, American, 1936 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Howard Himmelbaum, American
label: Subject of
content: Head Start Program, American, founded 1965
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.4.1a and 2011.174.4.1b.
label: Description
content: Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights movement in rural Arkansas. She discusses assisting Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers Howard Himmelbaum and Myrtle Glascoe, working for Head Start, and starting a community center. Jackson's grandson is also interviewed. He joins her towards the end of file #2.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0004
place: label: Place collected
content: Marvell, Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Madison, St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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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: 2011.174.4.1ab
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., 57 min., 1 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 178.77 GB