Gwendolyn Annette Duncan Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of two digital files: 2011.174.47.1a and 2011.174.47.1b.

Gwendolyn Duncan recalls her family history in Saint Augustine, Florida, watching a Ku Klux Klan parade through the black neighborhood of Lincolnville, and integrating a white school. She discusses the efforts in St. Augustine to commemorate the local civil rights movement, including the ACCORD Freedom Trail.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 14, 2011
• Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
• Interview of: Gwendolyn Annette Duncan, American, born 1956
• Interviewed by: Joseph Mosnier Ph. D.
• Subject of: Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
• Subject of: ACCORD Freedom Trail, American
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 33 min., 37 sec.
• Dimensions: Total: 56.4 GB
• Place collected: Saint Augustine, Saint Johns, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Lincolnville, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Social reform
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: White supremacy movements
• Object number: 2011.174.47.1ab
• 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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