Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Phil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in O...
Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the ... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Luis Zapata oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Silve...
Summary: Luis Zapata describes his childhood in Orange County, California, and how he came to join the labor movement as a college student at San Jose State University. He discusses the organizing work he did w... More
Aaron Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seat...
Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. Dixon describes in detail his family h... More
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons oral history interview conducted by Joseph M...
Summary: Gwendolyn Simmons recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while a student at Spelman College. She remembers directing SNCC's voter registration and Freedom School, called t... More
Geographers on Film Interview With Donald W. Meinig
Note: Part of the Geographers on film project of the American Association of Geographers. Color: Black and White Duration: 10 minutes
Geographers on Film Interview With William W. Bunge
Note: Part of the Geographers on film project of the American Association of Geographers. Color: Black and White Duration: 22 minutes
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and remember... More
Jack Greenberg oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in N...
Jack Greenberg remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other ci... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Ernest Adolphus Finney oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Ernest Finney recalls his father's teaching career and attending law school at South Carolina State College. He remembers defending the "Friendship Nine," a group of college students who protested segregation i... More
Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan...
Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memor... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
Johnnie Ruth McCullar oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame ...
Summary: Johnnie Ruth Browner McCullar describes growing up in southwest Georgia, attending segregated schools in Sasser, Georgia, and her work in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. She was a secretary of ... More
Samuel Berry McKinney oral history interview conducted by David P. Cli...
Summary: The Reverend Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, and attending Morehouse College, where he got to know fellow freshman Martin Luther King, Jr. After service in the Army Fli... More
William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier...
William Anderson recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy. He remembers opening his osteopath pract... More
William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier...
William Anderson recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy. He remembers opening his osteopath pract... More
William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier...
William Anderson recalls growing up in Americus, Georgia, serving in the navy during World War II, and his friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ralph Abernathy. He remembers opening his osteopath pract... More
Robert G. Clark, Jr., oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer...
Robert G. Clark, Jr., describes the early life experiences that led up to his successful campaign for political office in the Mississippi Legislature, where he became the first African American elected since Re... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Shaun Notdurft interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugen...
Shaun Notdurft discusses his work as a direct support professional (DSP) for adults with developmental and mental disabilities. Topics include differences between his work and home care work, occupational train... More
Rhonda Estrada interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugen...
Rhonda discusses her work as a home care provider, including her typical activities and her relationships with her "consumers," some of which span decades. She also discusses her active involvement in the Servi... More
Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan...
Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memor... More
Jack Greenberg oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in N...
Jack Greenberg remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other ci... More
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and remember... More
Phil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in O...
Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the ... More
Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan...
Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memor... More
Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan...
Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memor... More
Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan...
Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memor... More
Mary Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Alban...
Mary Jenkins describes Albany, Georgia, during her childhood and discusses moments when she encountered racial prejudice. She describes her education in all-black schools, her decision to attend Fisk University... More
H. Jack Geiger oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in New...
Dr. Jack Geiger discusses his early life experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a mentor in act... More
Candie Carawan and Guy Hughes Carawan oral history interview conducted...
Candie Carawan recalls attending Fisk University as an exchange student and meeting civil rights activists in Nashville, Tennessee. She discusses meeting Guy Carawan at the Highlander Folk School, the importanc... More
David Mercer Ackerman and Satoko Ito Ackerman oral history interview c...
David and Satoko Ackerman recall meeting at the Chicago Theological Seminary and remember their classmate Jesse Jackson urging students to attend the Selma to Montgomery March. They recall traveling to Selma, p... More
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland oral history interview conducted by John Dit...
Summary: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland shares how, as a child in Arlington, Virginia, her awareness of racial disparities grew. As a student at Duke University, she began participating in the sit-in movement. She s... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Aaron Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seat...
Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. Dixon describes in detail his family h... More
Doris Adelaide Derby oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She recalls her work in African art and ... More
Cynthia Baker Anderson and Fletcher Anderson oral history interview co...
Cynthia and Fletcher Anderson remember the segregation and job discrimination they faced in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their decision to join the Civil Rights Movement. Fletcher recalls working many different job... More
Jack Greenberg oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in N...
Jack Greenberg remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other ci... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Dorie Ann Ladner and Joyce Ladner oral history interview conducted by ...
Doris and Joyce Ladner discuss organizing for the March on Washington with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Dorie Ladner recalls her work with SNCC in Natchez, Mississippi, and the murder a... More
Richard Barry Sobol oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier...
Richard Sobol discusses his early career as a lawyer in Washington, D. C., his involvement with the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, and his decision to move to New Orleans to become a civil rights law... More
Kay Tillow oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Louis...
Summary: Kay Tillow describes learning about the Civil Rights Movement as a student at the University of Illinois, where she got involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAA... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to M... More
Gertrude Newsome Jackson oral history interview conducted by LaFleur P...
Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights movement in ... More
Rosie Head oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Tchula,...
Rosie Head describes her early life in Greenwood, Mississippi, where her family lived and worked on a plantation. She discusses how her parents faced racial discrimination in their work and how they were cheate... More
Doris Adelaide Derby oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Doris Derby discusses her childhood in the Bronx, joining a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) youth group, and attending Hunter College. She recalls her work in African art and ... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Summary: Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for t... More
Rick Tuttle oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Culv...
Summary: Rick Tuttle describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the Univer... More
Steven McNichols oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in...
Summary: Steven McNichols discussed his childhood in New York City, his mother's illnesses and attending the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958. He became involved in politics through the National St... More
Geographers on Film Interview With James J. Parsons
Note: Part of the Geographers on film project of the American Association of Geographers. Color: Black and White Duration: 10 minutes
Geographers on Film Interview With HIldegard Binder Johnson
Note: Part of the Geographers on film project of the American Association of Geographers. Color: Black and White Duration: 11 minutes
Geographers on Film Interview With Geoffrey J. Martin
Note: Part of the Geographers on film project of the American Association of Geographers. Color: Black and White Duration: 10 minutes
April Shattuck interview conducted by Sonia De La Cruz and Nathan J. M...
April discusses her history as a home care worker, her typical duties, how she balances work and personal life, and her activities in her union. She also reflects on her motivation to help others, the challenge... More
Terry Haydon interview conducted by Michael Robert Bussel, 2014-11-19
Interview about Terry Haydon's career as a home health care worker. Talks about a wide range of his previous jobs, which included theatre, teaching, and being a medical transport driver. Became a care giver thr... More
Anna Young interview conducted by Helen Marie Moss and Donald Eugene S...
Anna Young relates her insights on home care work. She discusses how she became a home care worker, the enjoyment she gets from working closely with clients, Oregon Home Care Commission classes and how importan... More
William S. Leventhal oral history interview conducted by David P. Clin...
Summary: Willy Siegel Leventhal discusses his childhood in California, his experiences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1960s, and his involvement in the Summer Community Organization ... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
Jack Greenberg oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in N...
Jack Greenberg remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other ci... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline i...
Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, ... More
Ernest Adolphus Finney oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Ernest Finney recalls his father's teaching career and attending law school at South Carolina State College. He remembers defending the "Friendship Nine," a group of college students who protested segregation i... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Ernest Adolphus Finney oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Ernest Finney recalls his father's teaching career and attending law school at South Carolina State College. He remembers defending the "Friendship Nine," a group of college students who protested segregation i... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline i...
Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, ... More
Jack Greenberg oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in N...
Jack Greenberg remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other ci... More
Ernest Adolphus Finney oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Ernest Finney recalls his father's teaching career and attending law school at South Carolina State College. He remembers defending the "Friendship Nine," a group of college students who protested segregation i... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
William S. Leventhal oral history interview conducted by David P. Clin...
Summary: Willy Siegel Leventhal discusses his childhood in California, his experiences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1960s, and his involvement in the Summer Community Organization ... More
Phil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in O...
Phil Hutchings recalls growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his parents' involvement in many civic organizations, and attending Howard University. He remembers joining the Nonviolent Action Group (a precursor to the ... More
Jack Greenberg oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in N...
Jack Greenberg remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other ci... More
Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline i...
Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, ... More
Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins ora...
Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins remember their mother and sister Gayle Jenkins, a leader of the civil rights movement in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They discuss their family history... More
Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline i...
Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, ... More
Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline i...
Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, ... More
Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline i...
Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, ... More
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and the bomb... More
Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline i...
Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, ... More
Freeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnie...
Freeman A. Hrabowski recalls growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, and attending the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church. He remembers being arrested for marching in the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963, and remember... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins ora...
Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins remember their mother and sister Gayle Jenkins, a leader of the civil rights movement in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They discuss their family history... More
Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More