Gloria Hayes Richardson Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.35.1a, 2011.174.35.1b, 2011.174.35.1c, 2011.174.35.1d, and 2011.174.35.1e.

Gloria Richardson recalls growing up in Cambridge, Maryland, attending Howard University, and joining Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with her daughter, Donna, after returning to Cambridge and running her father's drug store. She recalls traveling to the South with her family to assist SNCC with voter registration, organizing the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, assisting E. Franklin Frazier with research on African Americans, and marching in a protest where the police used cyanogen gas. She also discusses attending the March on Washington, her involvement with the Nation of Islam, and meeting Malcolm X.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 19, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Gloria St. Clair Hayes Richardson, American, 1922 - 2021
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• Subject of: Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, American, founded 1962
• Subject of: E. Franklin Frazier, American, 1894 - 1962
• Subject of: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
• Subject of: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 1 hr., 32 min., 37 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 154.27 GB
• Place collected: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Nation of Islam
• Object number: 2011.174.35.1a-e
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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