Film, Video Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Orangeburg, South Carolina, 2011 June 09
Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Orangeburg, South Carolina, 2011 June 09
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Title
- Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Orangeburg, South Carolina, 2011 June 09
Summary
- Cecil J. Williams remembers his childhood in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and starting his career as a photographer for several African American publications in his teens. He remembers photographing President Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, and other civil rights leaders. He also discusses the Briggs v. Elliot school desegregation case, and his photographs of the Orangeburg Massacre.
Names
- Williams, Cecil J., 1937- interviewee
- Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Created / Published
- 2011.
Headings
- - Williams, Cecil J.,--1937---Interviews
- - African American photographers--South Carolina--Interviews
- - Civil rights movements--South Carolina
- - Civil rights movements--United States
- - Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968
- - School integration--South Carolina
Genre
- Filmed Interviews
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Video recordings
Notes
- - Recorded in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on June 9, 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.).
- - Cecil J. Williams was born in 1937 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and married Constance Goode in 1959. He attended South Carolina State College and Claflin College, and worked as a photographer.
- - 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
- 5 video files of 5 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (117 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- 1 transcript (58 pages).
Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0026
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_crhp0026
- afc2010039text.afc2010039_crhp0026_williamsc_transcript
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2015669125
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
Online Format
- image
- video