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Film, VideoRobert 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: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Carter, Robert L. - Sullivan, Patricia
- Date: 2010-01-01
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Film, VideoMatthew J. Perry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, 2011 June 07 Judge Matthew J. Perry recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense…
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James) - Mosnier, Joseph
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoErnest Adolphus Finney oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, 2011 June 08 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 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He discusses joining the South Carolina Human Rights Commission, serving as a state representative, and his election to the State Supreme Court.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Finney, Ernest A., (Ernest Adolphus)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoJohn Elliott Churchville oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011 July 15 John Churchville recalls growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his mother's career as a music teacher, moving to New York, and converting to Islam. He remembers joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), registering voters in Americus, Georgia, and in Mississippi. He discusses moving back to Philadelphia, converting to Christianity, and founding the Freedom Library and Black People's Unity Movement.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Churchville, John Elliott - Mosnier, Joseph
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoClarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Palo Alto, California, 2013 April 15 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, which King delivered at the March on Washington in 1963. Jones also describes his early life living in a Philadelphia home for indigent black orphans and foster children, because…
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Jones, Clarence B.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoD'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Memphis, Tennessee, 2013 August 13 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 participation in the civil rights activism as a student at Southern University, for which he was ultimately expelled. Bailey describes his move to Clark University in Massachusetts, where he became involved…
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Bailey, D'army
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoTimothy Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 09 Timothy Jones discusses his personal experiences growing up in Philadelphia and in particular his experiences in integrated school. He describes at length his experience attending Howard University, and why Howard was so important to the Civil Rights Movement. He describes how he became a lawyer, and his political involvement with the Civil Rights Movement as an African American lawyer. Jenkins discusses some of the…
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye - Bishop, John Melville - Jenkins, Timothy Lionel
- Date: 2015-01-01