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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI07040601/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Gross, Oliver interview
- Added title page title:
- Oliver Gross interview
- Creator:
- Gross, Oliver, interviewee
Holcomb, Derrick, interviewer #1
Williams, Amber, interviewer # 2
Turenne, Perette, interviewer # 3
William H. Turner Technical Arts High School ( Contributor )
- Publication Date:
- 2002-03-22
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 3 digital audio recordings (approximately 37, 16, and 43 minutes): 3 digital transcript (20, 9, and 25 pages): 3 digital videos (approximately 37, 16, and 43 minutes)
Notes
- Summary:
- Oliver Gross interviewed by Derrick Holcomb at Turner Tech in Miami, Florida, on March 22, 2002. This interview is part of the Turner Tech Oral History Archive, a collection of Turner Tech students' oral history interviews that grows every year. Each year, Turner Tech students utilize their technical skills learned in the school to capture local history and honor the community's pioneer citizens. Students interview, record, transcribe and reproduce the memories of Miami residents, with a focus on civil rights.
Oliver Gross talks about his life including his experience of racial segregation in Georgia and Florida and civil rights movements in earlier years. Topics covered: Gross' family background; his childhood in Wrens, Georgia; story of his father getting away from the Ku Klux Klan; racial segregation in Wrens, Georgia in 1930s; Gross moved to Coconut Grove in 1943 and his life experience in Florida; the bombing of Carver Housing Project in 1961; Gross' education background and teaching; Gross' experience of civil rights movements and his hope for young generation of African Americans. ( English )
- Ownership:
- William H. Turner Technical Arts High School
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the users responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI07040601
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