Juanita Jackson Mitchell, 1976 December 9
Abstract
Juanita Elizabeth Jackson Mitchell (1913-1992) was a lawyer and civil rights activist, who worked extensively with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She fought for desegregation alongside her mother, Lillie May Carroll Jackson, and was influential in the Black community of Baltimore, Maryland, particularly within the churches. In this oral history interview, Mitchell provides insight into the political situation in Maryland during the 1940s-1960s and details her accounts of figures such as her mother, Spiro T. Agnew, and Eleanor Roosevelt. She also discusses the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Mitchell describes her experiences during the March on Annapolis in 1942 and the Baltimore Riot of 1968. She gives her opinion on the rise of militancy in the Black youth during the 1960s and the resulting changes in the power structure of the Black community.
Dates
- 1976 December 9
Creator
- Mitchell, Juanita Jackson, 1913- (Narrator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
132 Minutes (Audio recording)
63 Pages (Transcript)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Processing Information
There are an additional 5 pages of supplementary material (interview evaluation and newspaper clippings) included after the transcript.
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of 87 oral history interviews and 4 other related items. Materials available for the interviews include audio recordings, transcripts, tape indexes, newspaper clippings, biographical information, and interview evaluations. Each item record indicates whether a complete transcript or an uncorrected transcript is available for an oral history.
All recordings within the collection are digitized and continue to be added to MCHC's Digital Collections portal.
Interviews were conducted from 1975-1977, with some earlier recordings made prior to the project added to the collection. Narrators range from leaders in the Maryland civil rights movement and local activists, to people opposed to the movement. Narrators include Lillie May Carroll Jackson’s children: Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Virginia Jackson Kiah, and Bowen Keiffer Jackson; Parren Mitchell, U.S. Congressman, 1971-1987; Donald G. Murray, the first African American admitted to the University of Maryland Law School; Verda Welcome, one of the first Black women to be elected to a state Senate; Thomas J. D’Alesandro III, mayor of Baltimore, 1967-1971; Clarence Mitchell, Jr., chief lobbyist to the NAACP; Vernon Naimaster, Great Titan of the Maryland Ku Klux Klan; and Dr. J.E.T. Camper, a prominent physician who also devoted his career to seeking racial justice and equality.
In addition to these oral history interviews, there are four items related to the project that are included with the collection. There is an audio recording of a radio program on which narrators David Glenn and Judge Robert Watts appeared to discuss the McKeldin-Jackson project with host Alan Christian. There is an audio recording as well as textual materials from the colloquium and exhibition held at the Maryland Historical Society to commemorate the McKeldin-Jackson project on November 16, 1976. There is also a research paper written by a Goucher College student on Theodore R. McKeldin and the civil rights movement in Maryland and a binder containing information on the development and progress of the McKeldin-Jackson project.
Creator
- Mitchell, Juanita Jackson, 1913- (Narrator, Person)
- Wagandt, Charles (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
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