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Film, VideoJohn Dudley, Eleanor Stewart, Charles Jarmon, Frances Suggs, Harold Suggs, and Samuel Dove oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Hyattsville, Maryland, 2013 June 28 The interviewees in this group interview were students who staged a walkout in 1951 at the all black, segregated Adkin High School in Kinston, North Carolina, to protest unequal conditions. The interviewees describe their family backgrounds, life in segregated Kinston, and Adkin High School. They remember learning that their school was unequal to the all-white school from which they were barred, and planning and...
- Contributor: Stewart, Eleanor - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Suggs, Frances L. - Suggs, Harold - Dove, Samuel - Jarmon, Charles - Dudley, John F. - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoJohn and Jean Rosenberg oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Prestonburg, Kentucky, 2013 August 15 Jean and John Rosenberg begin this interview with recollections of their families' backgrounds. Jean learned about social issues as she was raised by a Quaker family in Pennsylvania, and John's family fled Germany under threat from the Nazis. Jean attended Wilmington College and became a research analyst for the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. John grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina, where FBI...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Rosenberg, John M. - Cline, David P. - Rosenberg, Jean Voelker
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoMartha Prescod Norman Noonan oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Cockeysville, Maryland, 2013 March 18 Martha Prescod Norman Noonan describes her childhood in Providence, Rhode Island, and being one of the few black families in the neighborhood. Her parents urged her to attend the University of Michigan, where she joined Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and learned about the Civil Rights Movement in the South. She eventually made her way to Albany, Georgia, where she worked with the...
- Contributor: Noonan, Martha P. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Dittmer, John
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoLouise Broadway oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Louise Willingham Broadway shares her experiences of segregated education in Baker County, Georgia, and she discusses the lessons that her parents taught her when she was a child. Broadway describes her experiences as a mother sending her daughter to an all-white school. She also describes her involvement in the Baker County Movement, especially her work for a doctor who treated Freedom Riders.
- Contributor: Broadway, Louise W. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Griffin, Willie James
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoHarry A. Blackmun oral history interview. Session 11 Harry Blackmun briefly comments on a number of Supreme Court cases that took place between October terms 1976 and 1980. He also discusses his view on keeping complete files, how his mathematical and statistical knowledge may occasionally influence his thinking, his practice of hiring diverse staff in his office, and his general thoughts on cameras in the courtroom.
- Contributor: Koh, Harold Hongju - Blackmun, Harry A. (Harry Andrew)
- Date: 1995
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Film, VideoRon Dellums oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
Ron Dellums interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby | NVLP Interview with Ron Dellums Catalog Record Only The interview includes Ron Dellums' memories of growing up in Oakland, California, joining the marines and attending San Francisco State University and the University of California at Berkeley. He recalls his career as a psychiatric social worker, his involvement in the civil rights and anti-war movements and his election to the Berkeley city council. He discusses serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, founding...- Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Dellums, Ronald V. - National Visionary Leadership Project - Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia)
- Date: 2009
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Film, VideoRobert McClary oral history interview conducted by Hasan Kwame Jeffries in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 In this short interview, Robert McClary discusses his involvement in the Southwest Georgia Project. McClary describes attending mass meetings in Worth County, Georgia, and he discusses his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Along with keeping the books, he registered voters and informed people about welfare services.
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Jeffries, Hasan Kwame - McClary, Robert
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoPeople working for people. Bill Green
People working for people Catalog Record Only Union leaders, Sonny Hall and Barry Feinstein, interview U.S. Representative Bill Green of New York. They discuss housing, homelessness and mass transit in urban centers among other issues.- Contributor: Lynch, Kevin P. - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Green, Bill - Feinstein, Barry - Diamond, Bob - Hall, Sonny
- Date: 1989
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Film, VideoLook here. Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista Catalog Record Only The first live program to be transmitted from Cuba to the U.S. via "over-the-air" facilities opens with an announcer narrating a video tour of downtown Havana. Agronsky begins the interview commenting on the fortress-like appearance of the Presidential Palace and asking if Cuban president Batista's life is in danger; in replying, Batista talks about the March 13th Cuban revolt and attempt on his life....- Contributor: NBC Television Collection (Library of Congress) - Graff, Robert D. - Feldman, Dick - Agronsky, Martin - Batista Y ZaldÃvar, Fulgencio
- Date: 1957
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Film, VideoMalone. Shelby Foote Catalog Record Only Writer Shelby Foote talks about the Civil War and the writing of his three-volume series on the war. He also discusses his other writings and famous authors he has known.
- Contributor: Engelland, Sandra - Peers, Roi - LC Off-Air Taping Collection (Library of Congress) - Foote, Shelby - Malone, Michael S. (Michael Shawn)
- Date: 1991
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Film, VideoFayard Nicholas oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
Fayard Nicholas interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby Catalog Record Only The interview includes Fayard Nicholas' memories of growing up in Philadelphia and watching his parents perform as musicians at the Stanton Theater. He recalls learning to tap dance, developing a show with his brother Harold and performing at New York City nightclubs. He discusses their career as the Nicholas Brothers and working with many famous actors and musicians in Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows.- Contributor: Nicholas, Fayard - National Visionary Leadership Project - Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia)
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoLook here. Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman Catalog Record Only Begins with a performance by clarinetist Goodman and four of his musicians. Goodman then discusses his career in music, how he is regarded as a distinguished performer in both the worlds of jazz and the classics, different forms of music, and changing musical tastes.- Contributor: Bloch, John - Goodman, Benny - Graff, Robert D. - Agronsky, Martin - NBC Television Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1957
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Film, VideoJudy Richardson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Silver Spring, Maryland, 2015 December 09 Judy Richardson was born on March 10, 1944. As one of eight black students accepted into Swarthmore College in 1962, she recalls her initial involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, attending mass meetings and participating in freedom rides in the Cambridge, Maryland Movement. She discusses her decision to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), where she served as a secretary for then executive...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - Richardson, Judy - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoCarlos Montes oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Alhambra, California, 2016 June 27 Carlos Montes, founding member of the Brown Berets, talks about his decades-long involvement and activism in the Brown Berets, the Brown Power movement, MEChA, the East L.A. blowouts, the Chicano moratorium against the Vietnam War, the anti-Iraq war protests, his political persecution at the hands of federal and local authorities. He recounts participating in the inter-racial coalition that occupied the Mall in Washington, DC,...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Montes, Carlos - Cline, David P. - Bishop, John Melville
- Date: 2016-01-01
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Film, VideoOliver W. Hill, Jr., oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Petersburg, Virginia, 2013 August 17 Oliver W. Hill, Jr., discusses his father, civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill. He explains his father's childhood and education in Roanoke, Virginia, how he ended up at Howard University in the 1920s, where he was in the same class as Thurgood Marshall and studied law under Charles Hamilton Houston. In the 1930s Hill reunited with both of them to work for the NAACP Legal...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Hill, Oliver W. - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoWalter Fauntroy oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
Walter Fauntroy interview conducted by Skip Coblyn Catalog Record Only The interview includes Walter Fauntroy's opinions on the 2008 presidential election.- Contributor: Coblyn, Skip - National Visionary Leadership Project - Fauntroy, Walter E.
- Date: 2008
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Film, VideoLook here. Burr Tillstrom
Burr Tillstrom Catalog Record Only Features Tillstrom, famous puppeteer and creator of the Kuklapolitan Players, and his puppets Kukla and Ollie in an adlibbed interview. Tillstrom discusses his relationship with his creations, saying "I think of them as living and doing funny things. I think they are more a reflection of what I think... for instance, as a painter would paint a painting, or a composer would write music--he...- Contributor: Bloch, John - Graff, Robert D. - Agronsky, Martin - Tillstrom, Burr - NBC Television Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1957
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Film, VideoThe Wobblies Catalog Record Only Incorporating interviews and archival footage, The Wobblies presents the story of the Industrial Workers of the World (or I.W.W.), which in the early 20th century managed to organize various categories of unskilled worker into a single monolithic union and changed the course of labor history by, among other achievements, facilitating the eight-hour work day and fair wages.
- Contributor: Shaffer, Deborah - National Endowment for the Humanities - Bird, Stewart - Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash) - New Video Group
- Date: 2006
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Collection[The Vivian Perlis Collection of film and video materials on Eubie Blake, John Cage and Aaron Copland]. Catalog Record Only The Vivian Perlis Collection is comprised of original and research film, video and audio materials from three biographical productions on three pre-eminent American composers and musicians: Memories of Eubie, American masters. John Cage--I have nothing to say and I am saying it, and American masters. Aaron Copland--a self-portrait. The original material includes interviews of the three subjects and others and footage of performances and...
- Contributor: Perlis, Vivian - Ruth Leon Productions - Cage, John - Vivian Perlis Collection (Library of Congress) - Copland, Aaron - Blake, Eubie
- Date: 1986
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Film, VideoLeesco Guster oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Port Gibson, Mississippi, 2015 December 03 Leesco Guster remembers experiencing segregation growing up and working in Port Gibson, Mississippi, and Chicago, Illinois. She recalls her work as an activist in Port Gibson, where she canvassed for voting rights, boycotted segregated businesses, and joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She also discusses churches' role in the Civil Rights Movement and her participation in the trial NAACP...
- Contributor: Guster, Leesco - Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoPhil Hutchings oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Oakland, California, 2011 September 01 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 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)), protesting at the White Rice Inn in Maryland, and working with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. He discusses moving to Newark, New Jersey, to work for SNCC, Students for...
- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph - Hutchings, Phil
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoThe Directors The films of John McTiernan John McTiernan
John McTiernan | Films of John McTiernan | Profiles of today's most acclaimed Hollywood directors Catalog Record Only John McTiernan talks about his films and the making of them, provides a brief autobiographical introduction of how he got started in his career, and follows with film reminiscences giving insights about the production, the casting process, studios, the industry and experiences with collaborators.- Contributor: Emery, Robert J. - LC Collection (Library of Congress) - McTiernan, John - American Film Institute - Winstar Tv and Video (Firm) - Media Entertainment, Inc - Fox Lorber Centrestage (Firm)
- Date: 1999
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Film, VideoJoseph Echols Lowery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 June 06 Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s. He remembers joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the differences in race relations between Mobile and other southern cities, and helping to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He reflects on the effectiveness of nonviolence, the libel suit against him,...
- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Lowery, Joseph E.
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoGloria 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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Film, VideoBuck O'Neil oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
Buck O'Neil interview conducted by Renee Poussaint Catalog Record Only The interview includes Buck O'Neil's memories of growing up in Florida and attending Edward Waters College. He recalls playing baseball for barnstorming teams and facing discrimination in hotels and restaurants. He discusses meeting his wife, serving in the navy during World War II and his career in the Negro Leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs. He also discusses his friendships with Jackie Robinson and...- Contributor: Poussaint, Renee - National Visionary Leadership Project - O'Neil, Buck
- Date: 2003