The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Discussion with Bayard Rustin

Repository: Bowdoin College Library. George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives

Collection Description (Extant): Partial recording of Bayard Rustin discussion (following speech) at an event sponsored by the Bowdoin Political Forum. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the same event. The speeches and subsequent discussion were recorded by WBOR (Rustin speech has not been located).

Access Copy Note: This resource is also available on audio cassette and CD.

Date(s): 1964-05-06

Digital Status: Yes

Existing IDs: Series #: 3.33.1; Record Group: Lecture Records; Series Name: Lectures, General

Extent: 1 1/4" audiotape

Language: English

Related Archival Items: The college's George Mitchell oral history project may have oral histories related to the civil rights movement.

Interviewees: Bayard Rustin

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Civil rights

Genres:

Lectures
Sound recordings