Grace Miller Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 9, 2013
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Grace H. Miller, American, born 1932
• Interviewed by: Willie James Griffin Ph. D., American, born 1974
• Subject of: Shirley Miller Sherrod, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Hosie Miller Sr., American, 1925 - 1965
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 53 min., 33 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 86.26 GB
• Place collected: Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Baker County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Segregation
• Object number: 2011.174.67.1a-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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