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Juanita Jackson Mitchell and Virginia Jackson Kiah interview, 1976

Description

In this 1976 oral history interview for the McKeldin-Jackson Project, a follow-up to a 1975 interview for the same project, Virginia Jackson Kiah and Juanita Jackson Mitchell focus on the civil rights-related work of their mother, Lillie May Carroll Jackson. Topics include Lillie May Carroll Jackson's work as president of the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), her role in the creation of the City-Wide Young People's Forum, the Buy Where You Can Work Campaign, and her "genius for organizing people and inspiring them to attack discrimination." The interview also includes discussion on the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Black Panthers, the Baltimore riots of 1968, and Lillie May Carroll Jackson's working relationship with Theodore R. McKeldin, who served as Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor.

Date

1976-01-10

Contributor(s) Notes

Narrator: Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Virginia Jackson Kiah
Interviewer: Charles Wagandt

Production Note

The McKeldin-Jackson Project was an effort to examine the Maryland civil rights movement of the mid-20th century through the medium of oral history by focusing on the roles played by pioneering freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson and Theodore R. McKeldin, who was Mayor of Baltimore (1943-1947, 1963-1967), Governor of Maryland (1951-1959), and an advocate for civil rights. The project was sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society and was supported in part by a grant from the Maryland Committee for the Humanities and Public Policy.

Language(s)

Object ID

OH 8097

Extent

Audio: 61 minutes
Transcript: 31 pages

Catalog Number

OH 8097

Resource ID

10349

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital material is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.