Film, Video Matthew J. Perry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, 2011 June 07
Matthew J. Perry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, 2011 June 07
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Title
- Matthew J. Perry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, 2011 June 07
Summary
- Judge Matthew J. Perry recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and his admiration for the African American lawyers who mentored him.
Names
- Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011, interviewee
- Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Created / Published
- 2011.
Headings
- - Perry, Matthew J.--(Matthew James),--1921-2011--Interviews
- - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- - South Carolina State College
- - African American judges--South Carolina--Interviews
- - African American lawyers--South Carolina--Interviews
- - African American veterans--Interviews
- - Civil rights movements--United States
- - World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American
Genre
- Filmed Interviews
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Video recordings
Notes
- - Recorded in Columbia, South Carolina, on June 7, 2011.
- - Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- - Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.).
- - Matthew J. Perry was born in 1921 in Columbia, South Carolina, married Hallie Bacote, and had one son. He attended South Carolina State College and South Carolina State College of Law, and worked as a civil rights attorney and judge in South Carolina. Perry died in 2011.
- - The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.
- - In English.
- - Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005
Medium
- 3 video files of 3 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- 1 transcript (23 pages).
Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0024
Repository
- Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0024
- afc2010039text.afc2010039_crhp0024_perry_transcript
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2015669123
Access Advisory
- Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
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- image
- video
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Location
Language
Subject
- African American Judges
- African American Lawyers
- African American Veterans
- Civil Rights Movements
- Filmed Interviews
- Interviews
- Matthew James)
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Oral Histories
- Participation, African American
- Perry, Matthew J.
- South Carolina
- South Carolina State College
- United States
- Video Recordings
- World War