<I>Grace Miller Oral History Interview</I>
date: label: Date
content: March 9, 2013
name: label: Created by
content: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
label: Interview of
content: Grace H. Miller, American, born 1932
label: Interviewed by
content: Willie James Griffin Ph. D., American, born 1974
label: Subject of
content: Shirley Miller Sherrod, American, born 1948
label: Subject of
content: Hosie Miller Sr., American, 1925 - 1965
notes: label: Description
content: The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.67.1a, 2011.174.67.1b, 2011.174.67.1c, 2011.174.67.1d, and 2011.174.67.1e.
label: Description
content: 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, Sr., 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.
label: Description
content: LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0067
place: label: Place collected
content: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Violence
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: 2011.174.67.1a-e
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: 53 min., 33 sec.
label: Dimensions
content: Total: 86.26 GB