Interviewer
Aaron Condon
Biography
Ms. Morris was born and raised in Baltimore, MD. She graduated from Towson State University in 1969 with a B.S. in Sociology. She worked as a Baltimore City Social Work Assistant, then for the Federal Government in the field of Equal Employment Opportunity. During her federal tenure, she worked at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Patent and Trademark Office, and she retired as the EEO Complaints Branch Manager for the National Institutes of Health in 2003. Since retiring Ms. Morris wrote a book entitled, Cherry Hill: Raising Successful Black Children in Jim Crow Baltimore. Currently, Ms. Morris hosts a podcast, Linda Grace Morris: Baltimore Boomer Tales from the Hood.
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Date of Interview
Spring 4-18-2025
Keywords
EEO, equal employment opportunity commission, black, NIH, racism, bias, workforce, research, diversity
Disciplines
African American Studies | Digital Humanities | Labor History | Oral History | Public History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Morris, Linda G. B.S., "Linda Morris" (2025). We Are NIH Oral History Project. 4.
https://openspaces.unk.edu/nih-oh/4
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African American Studies Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, Labor History Commons, Oral History Commons, Public History Commons, United States History Commons