Interview with Alberta Tucker Grimes - OH 139

Interviewee

Alberta Tucker Grimes

Interviewer

Ellen L. Henderson

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Abstract

This interview was conducted with Alberta Tucker Grimes (1909-2002) who was an educator and counselor from Greenville, South Carolina. Alberta Grimes started the first Head Start program for the state of South Carolina in Greenville, SC. Her work became the standard and model for similar programs that sprouted throughout the state. In this interview, she discusses her background as an educator, her education in the African American schools during segregation, her teaching career on boards and committees, and her personal life. The interview also includes information about Charles Hall, a famous psychologist in Washington, Jessie Jackson as a student and financing of African American education.

Publication Date

3-17-1981

Unique Identifier

OH 139

Format

1 Cassette; MP3; WAV;

Length

00:21:55

Restrictions

This interview is open for use.

Series

Civil Rights Movement, History 509

Disciplines

Oral History

Notes

Additional interview date is May 17, 1983.

Interview with Alberta Tucker Grimes - OH 139

LC Subject Headings

Southern University and A & M College -- Alumni and alumnae, Columbia University -- Alumni and alumnae, African American educators -- South Carolina, Student counselors -- South Carolina, African Americans -- Education, African Americans -- Education -- Finance, Jackson, Jesse, 1941-

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