<I>Myrtle Gonza Glascoe Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: November 17, 2010
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Myrtle Gonza Glascoe, American, 1936 - 2019
label: Interviewed by
content: Dwandalyn R. Reece, American
label: Subject of
content: Howard University, American, founded 1867
label: Subject of
content: University of Pennsylvania, American, founded 1740
label: Subject of
content: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
label: Subject of
content: Gertrude Newsome Jackson, American, born 1923
label: Subject of
content: Howard Himmelbaum, American
label: Subject of
content: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
label: Subject of
content: Avery Research Center, American, founded 1985
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.3.1a and 2011.174.3.1b.
label: Description
content: Myrtle Gonza Glascoe recalls growing up in Washington, D.C., attending Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania, and her early career in education and social work. She remembers joining the Baltimore Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), moving to California, and her work as a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field Secretary in West Point, Mississippi and Phillips County, Arkansas, where she worked closely with Howard Himmelbaum and Gertrude Jackson. She also discusses her work as the director of the Avery Research Center and her opinions on the education of African Americans.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0003
place: label: Place collected
content: Capitol Heights, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: West Point, Clay County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Phillips County, Arkansas, 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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
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: 2011.174.3.1ab
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., 33 min., 35 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 146.28 GB