Oral History with Dorothy Hamm, January 30, 1986

Oral History with Dorothy Hamm, January 30, 1986

Desegregation

Dorothy Hamm moved to Arlington in 1950, around the age of 33, after graduating from Minor Teacher’s College in Washington, D.C. Ms. Hamm lived in Hall’s Hill, a close-knit and supportive African American community in segregated Arlington County. Her commitment to activism was crucial to desegregation in the county, from public schools to movie theaters. She was interviewed by Edmund Campbell and Cas Cocklin on February 21, 1986, and her oral history is available in its full audio and typed transcription forms. You can also read and listen to several excerpts from her interview, regarding her memories of the lawsuit leading up to the desegregation of Stratford Junior High, her memories of the first day Ronald, Michael, Lance, and Gloria attended Stratford, her experience fighting segregated seating at public events, the struggle to desegregate school athletics, and the presence of racial harassment and intimidation in Arlington.

Dorothy Hamm

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

30-Jan-86

Edmund Campbell

This interview is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the interviews in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.

English

Oral History

hammd19860130

Edmund Campbell

Dorothy Hamm

Arlington, Virginia

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