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The Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb collection consist of files documenting Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb’s project to document refugees from Nazi‐occupied Europe in the 1930s and 1940s who were hired by traditionally black colleges and universities in the United States; research files about those colleges, universities, and refugee scholars; and general ...
Jun 13, 2016 · The Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb oral history collection at Amistad chronicles their stories. Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb was only fifteen when her mother made the decision to move her family from Berlin to the United States in 1936.
Nov 21, 2023 · Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb, 76, a Washington area activist for the last 30 years who had been a historian, poet and teacher and had been active in community and cultural groups, died of lung...
Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb’s book, From Swastika to Jim Crow: Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges (Krieger, 1993) records the story, as did a PBS documentary of the same name (2000) and, in 2009, an exhibit at New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Apr 30, 2024 · Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb, Letter from Mona Saudi: Beirut Summer 1982, in We Begin Here. Poems for Palestine and Lebanon,...
Black Kos: Remembering Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb, who wrote 'From Swastika to Jim Crow' Summary by Daily Kos. Commentary by Black Kos Editor, Denise Oliver-Velez I was thinking about the commentary I wrote here back in August; “White kids need to learn about white anti-racist activists," which I promised to continue exploring.
Creator: Edgcomb, Gabrielle Simon Extent: 2.0 linear feet (4 boxes) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb collection consist of files documenting Gabrielle Simon
