Timothy Grant, Interview by Kieran W. Taylor, 24 June 2009
Title
Timothy Grant, Interview by Kieran W. Taylor, 24 June 2009
Subject
Description
Timothy Grant was born in 1954 at the Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina and grew up on Jackson Street on the East Side of Charleston. He recalls memories of the women that raised him: his mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and their ties to the city. Grant talks about his affiliation with the Jackson Street Panthers, a street gang that in 1969 protected Mary Moultrie, a leader of the Hospital Strike, when she was forced to leave her residence and hide at the union hall. He shares his memories of the strike and its aftermath and remembers other older young organizers such as Robert Ford and John Reynolds. In the second part, the interview focuses on Grant’s experiences as a Black worker at the Street and Sidewalks Department of the City of Charleston and reflects about the importance of keeping the lessons of the past and to fight for workers’ rights.
Source
Grassroots Politics and Protest in Contemporary Charleston
Publisher
The Citadel Archives & Museum
Date
Rights
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Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1992
Coverage
Charleston (S.C.)
Original Format
Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are WAV files.
Duration
1 hour, 27 minutes
Interviewer
Taylor, Kieran W. , 1966
Interviewee
Grant, Timothy, 1954
Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Collection
Citation
The Charleston Oral History Program at the Citadel, “Timothy Grant, Interview by Kieran W. Taylor, 24 June 2009,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1992.