Graham, Leroy

Abstract Clarence Maurice Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) served as the chief lobbyist to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for nearly 30 years after earlier positions as NAACP Labor Secretary and Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. In this oral history interview, Mitchell descusses his childhood and the Mitchell family; his marriage to Juanita Jackson; the Young People's Forum; Carl Murphy; leaders before Lillie May Carroll Jackson and her work with the NAACP;...

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Charles E. Watts (1899-1992) was a dentist and in 1950 he was appointed treasurer of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) by Lillie May Carroll Jackson. In this oral history interview, Watts discusses Jackson's role in determining the activities of the NAACP; the relationship between Jackson and Theodore R. McKeldin; and the non-partisanship of the NAACP and Jackson.

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Homer Eli Favor (1924-2013) established an Urban Studies Institute at Morgan State College and was its dean from 1973 to 1982. In this oral history interview, Favor discusses the contributions of Theodore R. McKeldin, Lillie May Carroll Jackson, Harry Cole, and others; the Cambridge, Maryland riots; the role of militants and moderates; and important Black families in Baltimore.

Abstract Dr. John Emory Touissant Camper (1894-1997) was a Maryland physician, veteran, and civil rights activist who devoted his career to seeking racial justice and equality. He was an instrumental leader of the Baltimore Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other civil rights organizations such as the Citizens Committee for Justice and the Baltimore Committee on Non-Segregation. In this oral history interview, Camper recounts his experience...

Abstract Edward N. Wilson (b.1896) was an educator and civil rights activist who served with Lillie May Carroll Jackson on the Board of Trustees of the Sharp Street Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, and on the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He was a member of the Governor’s Commission on Problems Affecting Negroes and conducted NAACP-affiliated police and citizenship training schools. In this oral history interview, Wilson...

Abstract Elizabeth Murphy Moss (1917-1998) was a former reporter, editor, and publisher of the "Baltimore Afro-American" newspaper and the first Black woman to serve on the Baltimore City school board. Her grandfather founded the newspaper in 1892 and her father edited it from 1922 to 1967. Moss graduated from Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School and she received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota. In this oral history interview, Moss discusses "The Afro's"...

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Elizabeth Dorothy Davidson Randall Washington (1918-2011) was the secretary for Lillie May Carroll Jackson from 1962-1968. In this oral history interview, Randall discusses freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson; the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and the church's role in the fight for civil rights.

Abstract Juanita Jackson Mitchell (1913-1992) was born to Lillie May Jackson and Kieffer Albert Jackson in Arkansas, and then raised and educated primarily in Baltimore, Maryland. After attending the University of Pennsylvania for her bachelor's and master’s degrees, Mitchell returned to Baltimore to become the first Black woman to attend the University of Maryland Law School and then the first to practice law in the state of Maryland. In this oral history interview, Mitchell discusses her legal work...

Abstract Louise Kerr Hines (1916-2007) was a civil rights activist. In the 1940s, she and her father, Dr. T. Henderson Kerr, were plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland for its denial of her application for a library training course. In this oral history interview, Hines dicusses Charles Houston as her lawyer; participation in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) activities; work with the "Baltimore Afro-American" and its...

Abstract Margaret Louise Dyer (1914-1992) was a secretary for the Baltimore chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and worked for the Board of Supervisors of Elections. In this oral history interview, Dyer discusses the voter registration drive of 1957-1958; her personal evaluation of freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson; the election of Enolia McMillan to succeed Jackson in the NAACP; the relationship between Jackson and Governor Theodore R....