Gibson, Betty Shannon Houry, Cécile
Description
The interview forms part of the Institute for Public History (IPH) Oral History Collection. The IPH Oral History Collection is directed by Greg Bush, University of Miami Department of History, and curated by Special Collections, Otto G. Richter Library.The original tapes and transcripts are located in Special Collections at the University of MiamiThis interview with Betty Shannon Gibson was conducted in November 2009. Ms. Gibson spent her childhood in the Bronx, New York, but in 1950 moved to Tallahassee, Florida. She became a media specialist in different schools of the Miami area, and lived in South Miami with her basketball player and later vice-mayor of South Miami husband. She witnessed the changing race relations in the U.S. during the past sixty years, providing insight as to the process from strict segregation to desegregation and a more democratic America.
Video
Oral Histories (Document Genres)Video Recordings
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Sunshine State Digital NetworkKeywords
- African Americans
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Movements
- Crime
- Cubans
- Ethnic Attitudes
- Florida
- Government
- Harlem Globetrotters
- History
- Housing
- Libraries
- Miami
- Miami Dade County
- Miami Dade County (Fla.)
- Mount Zion Baptist Church (Miami, Fla.)
- Municipal Government
- Overtown (Miami, Fla.)
- Parks
- Police
- Political Affiliations
- Public Transportation
- Riots
- Schools
- Segregation
- Social Conditions
- South Miami (Fla.)
- Universities
- University Of Miami