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Ira Grupper Oral History

Object number2022.001.0056
Date08/10/2022
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Ira Grupper
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.mp3 file)
DimensionsDuration: 53 Minutes
DescriptionAudiotaped oral history interview with Ira Gupper. A human rights activist for more than sixty years, Grupper joined the Civil Rights Movement in New York City in 1959. He worked with a number of organizations, including the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee in Georgia and Mississippi. Grupper was arrested and beaten during a protest in Jackson, Mississippi in 1965. Interview conducted by telephone on August 10, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-two minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
The Ira Grupper and Bob Beech Civil Rights Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi includes materials related to the Civil Rights Movement. More information about the collection may be found here: Collection: Ira Grupper and Bob Beech Civil Rights Collection | University of Southern Mississippi McCain Library & Archives (usm.edu). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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