Linda Burnham interviewed by Loretta J. Ross, March 18, 2005

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Scope and Contents

In this oral history, Linda Burnham describes her childhood immersed in the black radical community of New York City in the 1950s and 1960s. It also includes a brief interview with her mother, Dorothy Burnham. Linda's interview focuses on her activism in the early abortion rights movement in Black Women United in the 1970s and the impact working with the Venceremos Brigade and traveling to Cuba had on her life. She also discusses the anti-imperialist work that led her to San Francisco in the 1960s, to New York in the 1970s, and back to the Bay Area in the 1980s, where she founded the Women of Color Resource Center, which she still directs. (Transcript 54 pp.)

Dates of Materials

Creation: March 18, 2005

Creator

Ross, Loretta J. (Interviewer, Person)
Burnham, Linda, 1948- (Interviewee, Person)
Burnham, Dorothy (Dorothy C.) (Interviewee, Person)

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At the direction of the interviewer, the recording of this interview may only be placed on the web if access is restricted to the Smith College community. Please consult with special collections staff at specialcollections@smith.edu to inquire about the existence of or access to digital copies.   The interviewer and narrator for this interview have agreed that the transcript may be placed on the web.

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This interview is open for research use without restriction.

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The interviewer and narrator have transferred copyright of this interview to Smith College.

Biographical / Historical

Linda Burnham (b. 1948) grew up in Brooklyn, New York, the child of parents active in the Young Communist League in the 1930s and 1940s. She graduated from Reed College in 1968. As a journalist and political activist, Burnham has been involved with the Venceremos Brigades, the Third World Women's Alliance, the Alliance Against Women's Oppression, the Angela Davis Defense Committee, and the Line of March. She co-founded the Women of Color Resource Center in Oakland, California, in 1989. Her recent writings focus on women and poverty and on women and militarism.