Kiah, Virginia Jackson, 1911-2001

Abstract In this 1976 oral history interview for the McKeldin-Jackson Project, a follow-up to a 1975 interview for the same project, Virginia Jackson Kiah (1911-2001) and Juanita Jackson Mitchell (1913-1992) focus on the civil rights-related work of their mother, Lillie May Carroll Jackson. Topics include Lillie May Carroll Jackson's work as president of the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), her role in the creation of the City-Wide Young...

Abstract In this oral history interview for the McKeldin-Jackson Project, Virginia Jackson Kiah and Juanita Jackson Mitchell, the daughters of pioneering freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson and evangelist Keiffer Albert Jackson, focus on their family history, their parents' marriage, and some of the experiences and values that led to their parents' zeal to fight against discrimination and racial segregation. The interview touches upon Lillie May Carroll Jackson's perspectives on race,...

Abstract Virginia Jackson Kiah (1911-2001) was the daughter of freedom fighter Lillie May Carroll Jackson. She was an artist as well as the membership secretary in the 1930s of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In this oral history interview, Kiah discusses Lillie May Carroll Jackson's qualifications to be a minister; her mother's disapproval of her marriage to Calvin Kiah; the role of the "upper crust" in the civil rights movement; and...