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Film, VideoMildred Pitts Walter oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in San Mateo, California, 2013 March 01 Mildred Pitts Walter discusses her early life in Louisiana, attending Southern University, and moving to Los Angeles in 1944. Pitts recalls meeting Earl Walter whom she married two years later, her work with Earl who headed the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1951 to 1963, CORE pickets of housing developers in Los Angeles, and her work as a...- Contributor: Walter, Mildred Pitts - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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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, VideoLook here. Rod Serling
Rod Serling Catalog Record Only When questioned as to why he left New York for Hollywood, television and screen writer Serling replies that he feels live television is now synonymous with Hollywood, and that a Hollywood writer has a kind of anonymity that writers in other mediums do not. He finds writing for television more satisfactory than for the movies, but spends much of his interview speaking about television...- Contributor: Bloch, John - NBC Television Collection (Library of Congress) - Agronsky, Martin - Serling, Rod
- Date: 1958
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Film, VideoFreeman A. Hrabowski oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Baltimore, Maryland, 2011 August 14 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 remembers the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. He also discusses attending Hampton University and later starting the Meyerhoff Scholars Program for African American men studying math and science.- Contributor: Hrabowski, Freeman A. - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoDavid Mercer Ackerman and Satoko Ito Ackerman oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011 September 20 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, participating in the march, and their later life in Silver Spring, Maryland.- Contributor: Ackerman, Satoko Ito - Ackerman, David M. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mosnier, Joseph
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoJimmy Heath oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
Jimmy Heath interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby | Interview with Jimmy Heath Catalog Record Only The interview includes Jimmy Heath's memories of growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and learning to play saxophone. He recalls playing in many jazz bands with famous musicians including John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and his brothers Percy and Albert. He also discusses his drug addiction, becoming a composer and teaching jazz at several colleges.- Contributor: Heath, Jimmy - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - National Visionary Leadership Project - Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia)
- Date: 2004
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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, VideoRobert G. Clark, Jr., oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in Pickens, Mississippi, 2013 March 13 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 Reconstruction. He discusses his childhood in Pickens, Mississippi, and he describes the family farm that he now owns, his relationship to his family, and the expectations that they had of him to...- Contributor: Dittmer, John - Clark, Robert George - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoOdetta oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
Odetta interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby | Interview with Odetta Gordon Catalog Record Only The interview includes Odetta's memories of growing up in Birmingham, Alabama and Los Angeles, California, where she started to take voice lessons. She recalls performing in San Francisco, meeting other folk singers and dropping her last name. She discusses several albums and performances, and the importance of music to the civil rights movement.- Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - National Visionary Leadership Project - Odetta - Cosby, Camille O. (Camille Olivia)
- Date: 2007
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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, VideoFrost/Nixon Catalog Record Only A retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
- Contributor: Fellner, Eric - Grazer, Brian - Langella, Frank - Studio Canal - Relativity Media - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Universal Pictures (Firm) - Howard, Ron - Bevan, Tim - Imagine Entertainment (Firm) - Sheen, Michael - Working Title Films - Morgan, Peter
- Date: 2008
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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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CollectionPete and Toshi Seeger interview
Pete Seeger interview | Toshi Seeger interview Catalog Record Only Interview with Pete Seeger and his wife, Toshi Seeger, regarding the films that they made for instruction and during their travels in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America from 1955 to 1965. Their film collection, consisting of more than 400 reels, is in the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress. The Seegers were interviewed about their collection by Peggy A. Bulger, director...- Contributor: Bulger, Peggy A. - Harvey, Todd - Seeger, Pete - Seeger, Toshi - Library of Congress. Recording Laboratory - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2006
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Film, VideoTuskegee Airmen oral history project, Shelby F. Westbrook, 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group. Catalog Record Only PAu2-544-678 U.S. Copyright Office Forms part of: Chicago DODO Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. oral history project. Sources used: copyright database; copyright application form; The official site of the Chicago DODO Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, viewed July 20, 2010.
- Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Tuskegee Airmen, Inc - Westbrook, Shelby F.
- Date: 1999
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Film, VideoTuskegee Airmen oral history project, Laverne A. Shelton, 332nd Fighter Group. Catalog Record Only PAu2-544-674 U.S. Copyright Office Sources used: copyright database; copyright application form; The official site of the Chicago DODO Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, viewed July 19, 2010.
- Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Tuskegee Airmen, Inc - Shelton, Laverne A.
- Date: 1999
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Film, VideoRuby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 April 25 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 Montgomery March, registering voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, and her arrest in Hayneville, Alabama. She remembers the murder of Jonathan Daniels, a seminary student who saved her life, and discusses her opinions on African American...- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Sales, Ruby
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoBarbara Edna Vickers oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011 September 13 Barbara Vickers recalls growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, working in a shipyard in New York during World War II, and returning to St. Augustine with her husband. She remembers working as a beautician, working with her neighbor, Dr. Robert Hayling, to organize civil rights protests and participating in kneel-ins in segregated churches. She also discusses raising money to build a monument to the...- Contributor: Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Vickers, Barbara Edna
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoHarry A. Blackmun oral history interview. Session 5 Harry Blackmun describes his years as a new parent, working, attending a Methodist church, and finding time to create memories with his wife and children. He speaks about his job as resident counsel for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and how happy his whole family was during those years. Blackmun says that he kept in touch with Judge Sanborn, who later helped get...- Contributor: Koh, Harold Hongju - Blackmun, Harry A. (Harry Andrew)
- Date: 1994
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Film, VideoRuth Page video archives Catalog Record Only Contains dance footage of every Ruth Page ballet of which any film or video exists and approximately 45 hours of on-camera interviews detailing the life, career and choreography of this American dance pioneer. The interviews record the personality, memories and insights of Ruth Page herself, as well as those of the dancers, critics, friends and family central to her life. Two biographical documentaries are...
- Contributor: Page, Ruth - Flaum, Thea - Ruth Page Foundation - Thea Flaum Productions - Thea Flaum Productions Collection (Library of Congress) - Caravette, Loretta
- Date: 1990
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Film, VideoAdele McQueen oral history, National Visionary Leadership Project
Adele McQueen interview conducted by Renee Poussaint Catalog Record Only The interview includes Adele McQueen's memories of growing up in Texas and Kansas and attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she helped care for George Washington Carver. She discusses her first teaching job at a boarding school in Alabama, directing the Tuskegee Nursery School and teaching in Liberia while her husband worked for USAID. She discusses her career at Howard University directing a preschool and...- Contributor: National Visionary Leadership Project - McQueen, Adele B. - Poussaint, Renee
- Date: 2003
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Film, VideoEkwueme Michael Thelwell oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Pelham, Massachusetts, 2013 August 23 Ekwueme Michael Thelwell remembers his time as a student activist at Howard University and his experiences with the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Working primarily out of Washington, D.C., Thelwell marched in and organized demonstrations and made major contributions to SNCC and MFDP strategy around voter registration and the MFDP's 1965 effort...- Contributor: Crosby, Emilye - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Thelwell, Michael
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoGloria Claudette Grinnell oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Ojai, California, 2013 April 14 Gloria Claudette Grinnell recounts her participation in the sit-in movement in Richmond, Virginia, when she was a student at Virginia Union University. She describes her family's history on the East Coast and explains how she and her mother ended up in San Francisco. She discusses her decision to move from California to attend Virginia Union. She describes the sit-in movement that she joined in...- Contributor: Grinnell, Gloria Claudette - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoTuskegee Airmen oral history project, Theodore E. Moran, Radar Development Laboratory. Catalog Record Only PAu2-544-685 U.S. Copyright Office Forms part of: Chicago DODO Chapter, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. oral history project. Sources used: copyright database; copyright application form; The official site of the Chicago DODO Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, viewed July 21, 2010.
- Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Tuskegee Airmen, Inc - Moran, Theodore E.
- Date: 1999
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CollectionHwa-Wei Lee interview conducted by Nora Yeh, Catalog Record Only Video recordings of oral history interview with Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee, Chief, Asian Division, Library of Congress, conducted by Nora Yeh in the Jefferson Building recording studio, Library of Congress, on January 29, 2008.
- Contributor: Yeh, Nora - Lee, Hwa-Wei - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2008
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CollectionNut Hill Productions collection Catalog Record Only Collection of more than 300 hours of video oral history interviews with various performers and participants in the folk song revival in the United States and England originally recorded by Nut Hill Productions as "Word of Mouth: the Journey of American Folk Music," a part of a multi-part series for WETA television titled, "The Music of America: History Through Musical Traditions," which was not...
- Contributor: Nut Hill Productions
- Date: 2003