Elizabeth Gritter
Permanent link for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/21189
This collection includes the transcripts of oral histories conducted by Dr. Elizabeth Gritter of Memphians, including the late Maxine Smith, the most recognized civil rights advocate in the city, and the late H.T. Lockard, the first Black cabinet member in Tennessee. The oral history of Lockard was published in Southern Cultures (Fall 2008). It also includes Dr. Gritter's research monograph, Memphis voices: Oral histories on race relations, civil rights, and politics (2016).