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Film, Video William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Taylor in Charleston, South Carolina, 2011 June 09

William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Taylor in Charleston, South Carolina, 2011 June 09

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Title

  • William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Taylor in Charleston, South Carolina, 2011 June 09

Summary

  • William Saunders remembers his childhood on Johns Island, South Carolina, and working with Esau Jenkins, a local civil rights leader. He recalls serving in the army during the Korean War, attending the Highlander Folk School, and working at a mattress factory. He also discusses founding the "Lowcountry Newsletter," helping the workers in the Charleston Hospital Strike of 1969, and running unsuccessfully for the state senate.

Names

  • Saunders, William, 1935- interviewee
  • Taylor, Kieran Walsh, interviewer
  • Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)

Created / Published

  • 2011.

Headings

  • -  Saunders, William,--1935---Interviews
  • -  Jenkins, Esau,--1910-1972
  • -  Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
  • -  African American civil rights workers--South Carolina--Interviews
  • -  African American veterans--Interviews
  • -  Civil rights movements--South Carolina
  • -  Civil rights movements--United States
  • -  Discrimination in the military--United States
  • -  Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953--Participation, African American

Genre

  • Filmed Interviews
  • Interviews
  • Oral histories
  • Video recordings

Notes

  • -  Recorded in Charleston, 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.).
  • -  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.
  • -  William Saunders was born 1935 in New York, New York, married Henrietta Jenkins, and had 10 children. He attended Southern Business College, Southern Illinois University Vocational Education, and the University of Nevada. He worked as a politician and CEO of Committee on Better Racial Assurance Human Services Agency.
  • -  In English.
  • -  Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005

Medium

  • 4 video files of 4 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (84 min.) : digital, sound, color.
  • 1 transcript (49 pages)

Source Collection

  • Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0027

Repository

  • Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540 to 4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015669126

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Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Credit Line

Civil Rights History Project collection (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Saunders, William, Interviewee, Kieran Walsh Taylor, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Taylor in Charleston, South Carolina. 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669126/.

APA citation style:

Saunders, W., Taylor, K. W. & Civil Rights History Project, U. S. (2011) William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Taylor in Charleston, South Carolina. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669126/.

MLA citation style:

Saunders, William, Interviewee, Kieran Walsh Taylor, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. William Saunders oral history interview conducted by Kieran Walsh Taylor in Charleston, South Carolina. 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015669126/>.