Oral History of Lillian Green, interviewed by Raynald Turner, 21 November, 2016

Oral History of Lillian Green, interviewed by Raynald Turner, 21 November, 2016

Nurse Lillian Green was born in 1934 in Charleston, South Carolina. She remembers growing up on Short Street where she felt loved and protected by her community. However, her reality was different on her daily walk to Buist School. There, she encountered the hostility and hate of white children and police officers. She remembers with affection her teachers and the programs at the Henry P. Archer Auditorium. Years later, she attended Roper’s Practical Nursing School during segregation and kept working at Roper Hospital. In the interview, Green talks in length about her memories of the 1969 Charleston Hospital Workers Strike. She states the she supported the nurses’ demands but was not in a condition to stop working. She learned about the demands and actions directly from Mary Moultrie. She also remembers other activists such as William Saunders and Rev. Frederick Douglas Dawson and recalls the support provided by the Jewish community. Green share her memories about other related events including a church meeting where there was a bomb threat. Green argues Roper Hospital workers and many others around the country benefited by the strike’s achievements.

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https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/762

Charleston (S.C.)

1 hour, 9 minutes

Raynald Turner

Lillian Green

Charleston, South Carolina