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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Viola Hargrave |
| Reference | 2011.07.07 CD 01 |
| Library | 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center |
| Collection Name | 2011 Weeksville Oral History Series, Weeksville Oral History Collection |
| Collection Overview | The 2011 Oral History Collection provides information on the individuals associated with Historic Weeksville and Brooklyn. They document Weeksville and Brooklyn personal histories and memories from the early 1900s. |
| Date | 2 Jun 2011 |
| Description | Viola Hargrave was president of the Weeksville society between 1972-1977, and here discusses that involvement as well as protests and demonstrations against gerrymandering during the 1960s and 1970s. |
| Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
| Theme(s) | Civil Rights and Black Power; Health, Welfare and Housing; Poverty and Discrimination |
| Keywords | civil rights, students, grass roots community action, heritage preservation, education, religion, racial tensions, womanhood, Christianity, slavery, poverty, migration, white flight, integration, land, education, schools, students, black power, music, arts, economy, housing, property, living conditions, segregation, gangs |
| Places | Weeksville, Brooklyn, New York; Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York |
| People | Johnson, Lyndon B; Hurley, James; Maynard, Joan; Jackson, Jesse |
| Organisations/Associations | Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Weeksville Heritage Center. |
| Name | Hargrave, Viola |
| Interviewer | Greenidge, Kaitlyn |
| Date of Recording | 2 Jun 2011 |
| Duration | 01:17:26 |
| Copyright | 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center |