The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

University of Connecticut, Center for Oral History interviews collection

Repository: University of Connecticut. University Libraries. Thomas J. Dodd Research Center

Collection Description (CRHP): The Peoples of Connecticut subset includes oral histories with African Americans in Connecticut that were conducted around 1975, so much of the interviews deal with life prior to the civil rights era, but the interviews do mention civil rights and black power leaders, including MLK, Malcolm X, encounters with members of the Black Panther Party, and instances of segregation and integration. These interviews contain civil rights themes or experiences of discrimination in virtually all of the interviews, even if the bulk of the interview does not deal directly with this time period.

Date(s): undated, 1969-2008

Digital Status: Partial

Existing IDs: MSS19840025

Extent: 32 linear feet

Finding Aid URL: http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/COH/MSS19840025.html

Language: English

Interviewees: Mary Alexander, Gladys Felton, Laura Belle McCoy, Bernice Norwood Napper, Rebecca Norcom, Bertram Weston

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

Subjects:

African Americans--Civil rights--Connecticut
Black Panther Party
Black power
Civil rights movements--Connecticut
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Race discrimination
Segregation
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965

Genres:

Interviews
Sound recordings
Transcripts