The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

YHCIL video oral histories

Repository: Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor. Archives/Library

Collection Description (CRHP): These relevant topics are listed for the following interviews:

William Brown Sr.: ethnicity, KKK
A. J. Carter: Civil rights
James C. Davis: Black workers, civil rights, race relations
Arlette Gatewood: Black workers, Civil Rights Act 1964, race relations
Paul Gratz: race relations
Francis "Hank" Herman: KKK
Matthew Inchak: race relations
Merlin Luce: civil rights, discrimination, minority workers, race relations, racism
Staughton Lynd: civil rights; USWA Local 1462
Ed Mann: civil rights; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. (YS & T); segregation; racism
Francis McHugh: minority workers
John Occhipinti: racial relations
Oras Vines: racial relations, segregation
Marvin Weinstock: racism
The Reverend Frederick R. Williams: ethnic relations, labor unions--Black workers, race relations, racism

Collection Description (Extant): Profiles for each oral history include information such as birth and death dates, job titles, time periods of interest and the places these individuals worked. Indices, which are selected transcripts, are available at the center.

Access Copy Note: Videos may be viewed in the microfilm reading room of the Archives/Library. For more information please call (330) 743-5934.

Links to profiles of individual interviews are available at the collection URL.

Collection URL: http://www.ohiohistory.org/youngst/oralhist.html

Extent: 37 interviews

Language: English

Interviewees: William Brown Sr., A. J. Carter, James C. Davis, Arlette Gatewood, Paul Gratz, Francis "Hank" Herman, Matthew Inchak, Merlin Luce, Staughton Lynd, Ed Mann, Francis McHugh, John Occhipinti, Oras Vines, Marvin Weinstock, Reverend Frederick R. Williams

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

Subjects:

African Americans--Ohio
Automobile industry and trade
Civil rights movements--Ohio
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Ohio
Ohio--Race relations
Race discrimination--Ohio
Segregation--Ohio
Steel industry and trade
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company

Genres:

Interviews
Transcripts
Videorecordings