Frank Smith, Ph.D., Oral History Interview

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An oral history interview and conversation with historian Dr. Frank Smith, Ph.D. It consists of three versions of a digital video recording, two camera card files (2025.12.4.1.1 and 2025.12.4.1.2, .mxf files) and one edited file (2025.12.4.1.3, .mov file). Dr. Frank Smith was interviewed by Temple University student James Gray III on June 28, 2023, as part of the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The interview took place at the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum in Washington, DC. At the time of the interview, Dr. Smith was 80 years old. This oral history interview with Dr. Frank Smith consists of two distinct sections: an “interview” section (part 1) and a “conversation” section (part 2, 00:59:22). In part 1, Dr. Smith describes his early life in Newnan, GA, and his time in Atlanta at Morehouse College.

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