Conwell, Susan
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Colonel William A. Harris, 1976 June 23
Evelyn T. Burrell, 1976 June 25
Frieda L. Coleman, 1976 June 17
Frieda Lynn Coleman (1923-1982) was a social worker and an employee of the Family and Children's Society. In this oral history interview, she discusses the early days of the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) in Baltimore, Maryland; picketing and police responses; Colonel William A. ("Box") Harris; the Omnibus Civil Rights Bill of 1964; Governor Theodore R. McKeldin and Lillie May Carroll Jackson; and the Baltimore riots of 1968.
Glenn Grossman, 1976 January 10
Glenn Grossman was a civil rights activist in Baltimore, Maryland. In this oral history interview, he discusses his perspective on Baltimore’s socioeconomic and political situation, and how that affected the city’s participation in the civil rights movement throughout the 1960s and early ‘70s. Grossman further discusses bus and school integration efforts in Baltimore, as well as the lasting impacts of the 1968 riots.
Judge Joseph Carter, 1976 July 19
Joseph L. Carter (1904-1991) was a judge on the Baltimore City Supreme Bench from 1952 to 1974. In this interview, Carter discusses the early life of Theodore R. McKeldin and his appointment by McKeldin to the bench; McKeldin's campaigns; Carter's own unsuccessful mayoral campaign against Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.; and freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson.
Judge Milton Allen, 1976 August 18
Parren J. Mitchell, 1976 August 12
Tucker R. Dearing, 1976 August 11
Tucker R. Dearing (1916-1992) was a lawyer and longtime legal counsel for the Maryland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In this oral history interview, Dearing discusses freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson and Theodore R. McKeldin; legislative accomplishments at the NAACP; the Veney Brothers case; the Sandy Point Park case; Lunsford vs. Beverly; public accommodations; Carl Murphy; and Juanita Jackson Mitchell.