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OH 1823

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeGRIFFIN, Eddie (b. 1946)
ProfessionsCivil Rights Activist

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1823
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFormer Black Panther and long-time civil rights advocate. Family history; childhood in Fort Worth; life during segregation; process of integration; Civil Rights Act; changes in urban demographics; generation differences in living under segregation; civil rights participation; military service; Black Panther Party participation; March 1972 bank robbery and kidnapping; imprisonment in Marion, Illinois; life after release; black history in the American consciousness.
Interviewer(s)Todd Moye
Physical Description12 pp.
Terms of UseOpen