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    Wyatt Tee Walker oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Richmond, Virginia, 2014 July 09 Dr. Walker reflects on his involvement in the freedom movement, especially his work as Martin Luther King's chief of staff and as the Executive Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) from 1960-1964. He recalls helping to organize the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and supporting Dr. King in transcribing and publishing "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." He also remembers preaching in Petersburg,...
    • Contributor: Walker, Wyatt Tee - Walker, Theresa Ann - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
    • Date: 2014-01-01
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    Undine Brereton interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2016-04-28 Interview with Undine Brereton conducted by Christine Lewis. Brereton discusses her migration to the United States from Trinidad and Tobago; the barriers created by different educational standards; and her 15 years of experience working as a nanny and geriatric elder care provider. Brereton gives a detailed description of her daily routine working as a nanny, and the various resources (books, cultural spaces) that she...
    • Contributor: Brooklyn Arts Council - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Occupational Folklife Project - Brereton, Undine
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Purcell Maurice Conway oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011 September 13 Purcell Conway recalls growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, and working many odd jobs. He recalls facing discrimination, participating in demonstrations, and witnessing a riot when attempting to integrate the beach. He also discusses moving to New York City, his career as a police officer, and successfully suing the city for discrimination in promotions.
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Conway, Purcell Maurice
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan in New York, New York, 2010 October 23 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 Memorial and his service in the segregated army during World War II. He recounts his career as a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, including the Brown v. Board of Education case and...
    • Contributor: Sullivan, Patricia - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Carter, Robert L.
    • Date: 2010-01-01

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    Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Ithaca, New York, 2011 July 25 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 Daniel, and meeting her husband, George Cotton. She discusses attending the Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, working with pastor Wyatt T. Walker on organizing civil rights protests and meetings, and meeting Martin Luther...
    • Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cotton, Dorothy F.
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Claudette Foote interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-04-28. Patricia Francois interviews Claudette Foote. She discusses her 14 years of experience as a domestic worker and the various types of domestic work she has done--house cleaning, elder care, child care, etc. She talks about the challenges of synchronizing a child's feeding and sleeping schedule with its parents' schedule. She discusses how her work as a domestic worker "lines up with her role as...
    • Contributor: Foote, Claudette - Francois, Patricia - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Christine Lewis interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-02-20. Christine Lewis serves as a cultural organizer at Domestic Workers United. She is interviewed by her colleague, Patricia Francois. She speaks forcefully about Domestic Workers United, drawing on her Calypsonian roots and her skills as a steel pan drummer, spoken word artist, and poet. She discusses leaving her home of Trinidad and Tobago for New York City to work as domestic worker. She talks...
    • Contributor: Francois, Patricia - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Grahamsville, New York, 2011 July 21 Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending Tuskegee Institute, where he assisted George Washington Carver with research. They tell how they met at a protest of a segregated restaurant in Massachusetts, raising money for Emmett Till's mother, their involvement...
    • Contributor: Bassett, Priscilla - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bassett, Emmett W.
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    John Carlos oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in New York, New York, 2013 August 18 John Carlos discusses his childhood in Harlem, New York, the changes that he saw in Harlem with the widespread use of heroin and the splintering of families, and describes the disparities in education for black children when he was growing up. He remembers the influence of black leaders including Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Carlos was recruited to run...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Carlos, John
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    Patricia Francois interview conducted by Christine Lewis, 2015-12-10. Patricia recalls her history of work in New York City's domestic work industry. She talks about what she brought to the position from her life in Trinidad and Tobago. She discusses the important role that NYC's community of domestic workers played as she navigated the industry; and how she became a leader of domestic workers through the lobbying organization Domestic Workers United. She also...
    • Contributor: Francois, Patricia - Lewis, Christine Yvette - Brooklyn Arts Council - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2015-01-01
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    Elbert "Big Man" Howard oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Santa Rosa, California, 2016 June 30 Elbert "Big Man" Howard founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland with Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and others in 1965. Howard speaks of the Party's accomplishments in establishing the free community food programs, free medical clinics, and other service initiatives. He recounts the harassment by the FBI's COINTELPRO initiative, and recounts instances of everyday racist oppression by the state and local officials. Howard...
    • Contributor: Howard, Elbert - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
    • Date: 2016-01-01
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    Gloria Hayes Richardson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New York, New York, 2011 July 19 Gloria Richardson recalls growing up in Cambridge, Maryland, attending Howard University, and joining Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with her daughter, Donna, after returning to Cambridge and running her father's drug store. She recalls traveling to the South with her family to assist SNCC with voter registration, organizing the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, assisting E. Franklin Frazier with research on African Americans, and marching...
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Richardson, Gloria
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Jack Greenberg oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New York, New York, 2011 July 18 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 civil rights cases, such as Coke v. City of Atlanta, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and Griggs v. Duke Power.
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Greenberg, Jack
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Alfred Moldovan oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New York, New York, 2011 July 19 Alfred Moldovan remembers growing up in the Bronx and the influence of his parents, who were Jewish Hungarian immigrants. He recalls serving in the air force as a radio repairman during World War II and later attending medical school. He discusses founding the Medical Committee for Human Rights and traveling to the South to assist injured civil rights activists at events such as the...
    • Contributor: Moldovan, Alfred - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Mildred Bond Roxborough oral history interview conducted by Julian Bond in New York, New York, 2010 October 29 Roxborough discusses how she became active in the Civil Rights Movement at the age of nine, when she sold subscriptions to the NAACP The Crisis magazine. Roxborough began working with the NAACP as a fieldworker and worked in a variety of administrative positions including as director of development.
    • Contributor: Bond, Julian - Roxborough, Mildred Bond - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 2010-01-01

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    H. Jack Geiger oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in New York, New York, 2013 March 16 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 actor Canada Lee, his college experience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his time as a U.S. Merchant Marine. He discusses his involvement in the Commission...
    • Contributor: Dittmer, John - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Geiger, Jack
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    Pete Seeger oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Beacon, New York, 2011 July 22 Pete Seeger recalls performing at a concert with Paul Robeson in 1949 in Peekskill, New York, visiting the Highlander Folk School, and the evolution of the song "We Shall Overcome." He remembers performing at many civil rights events, including the Selma to Montgomery March. He also discusses his thoughts on Presidents Barack Obama and Rutherford B. Hayes.
    • Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Seeger, Pete
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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