Somebody Had To Do It Collection: Interview with Gloria Carter

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Title:

Somebody Had To Do It Collection: Interview with Gloria Carter

Date:

2008

Interviewer:

Unknown

Interviewee:

Gloria Carter

Creator (Corporate):

Somebody Had To Do It Project

Description:

During this interview, Gloria Carter gives a detailed account of her experience with desegregating Drew High School in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Gloria is one of the eight children of Mae Bertha Carter who initiated the integration process in the town during the 1965 school year. The interview was done in conjunction with the “Somebody Had To Do It" project which is designed as a multi-disciplinary study to identify, locate, interview and acknowledge African American “first children" who desegregated America’s schools.

Collection Title:

Somebody Had To Do It

Contributing Institution:

Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Topical Subject:

School Integration--Southern States, African Americans--Education--Mississippi--History--20th century, Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century, and African Americans—Mississippi--Interviews

Geographic Subject:

Sunflower County (Miss.) and Sunflower County (Miss.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

AMN 1139

Date Digital:

2008-07-12

Digitization Specifications:

372.3 MB, Digital Recorder, Archival Master in Universal Disk Format

Internet Media Type:

video/mp4

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright © Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Access Statement:

All Rights Reserved.

Access Information:

For more information and reuse requirements contact Archivist, Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

223533