Samuel H. Grant III

Administrator, corporate recruiter, civil rights activism. Del: What do you think of the Civil Rights Movement today? Grant: Things have improved remarkably. The whole nation has gotten involved one way or the other and I think it does well. I never had any problem getting a job. Never victimized. I worked for some of the greatest corporations in America. And I never had any problems. Del: What do you think is the most important issue African-Americans need to address today? Grant: Future programs, because things are in a rut. We need to move things along. I think African American education goes fairly well at the universities. And the need for good jobs. Del: How would you define the relationship between the Black Arts Movement and the Civil Rights Movement? Grant: Equally, I would account the emotion of Blacks Arts to the success of the Civil Rights Movement. Del: What is your definition of the Civil Rights Movement? Grant: Individual right for all individuals in a democratic society. Del: Control Grant: Well, we don't control anything major. We control minor things, not major things. Del: Dehumanize Grant: Dehumanization is not what it used to be, on the other hand you're talking to a middle-class buck, and I'm not sure about that. I know it goes on but I don't know to what extent we are dehumanized. Del: Stigma Grant: Stigma is placed on someone because of dislike by a person or institution because they are black. Del: Traumatize Grant: We no longer have problems with it. We go where we want to go. I have no difficulty expressing a point of view. No difficulty talking to someone face to face about issues of race. Del: Loss Grant: I don't think loss relates to it, because the Civil Rights Movement was gain. Del: Identity Grant: I'm always on top of the world as far as personal identity. The Civil Rights Movement is a part of that. Del: Survival Grant: I think the Civil Rights Movement has done a great job. Del: Inspire Grant: I think you are inspired to the degree of trying to better your life. College enrollment greatly increased after the Movement. Del: Hope Grant: That the future will get better. Del: Closure Grant: I think that today people are able to achieve more.

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