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Film, Video Purcell Maurice Conway oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011 September 13

Purcell Maurice Conway oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011 September 13

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Title

  • Purcell Maurice Conway oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida, 2011 September 13

Summary

  • Purcell Conway recalls growing up in St. Augustine, Florida, and working many odd jobs. He recalls facing discrimination, participating in demonstrations, and witnessing a riot when attempting to integrate the beach. He also discusses moving to New York City, his career as a police officer, and successfully suing the city for discrimination in promotions.

Names

  • Conway, Purcell Maurice, 1948- interviewee
  • Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer
  • Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)

Created / Published

  • 2011.

Headings

  • -  Conway, Purcell Maurice,--1948---Interviews
  • -  Hayling, Robert Bagner
  • -  African American civil rights workers--Florida--Interviews
  • -  African American police--New York (State)--New York--Interviews
  • -  Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Saint Augustine
  • -  Civil rights movements--Florida--Saint Augustine
  • -  Civil rights movements--United States
  • -  Discrimination in public accommodations--Florida

Genre

  • Filmed Interviews
  • Interviews
  • Oral histories
  • Video recordings

Notes

  • -  Recorded in Saint Augustine, Florida, on September 13, 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.).
  • -  Purcell Conway was born in 1948 in Saint Augustine, Florida. He participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Saint Augustine and worked as a police officer in New York.
  • -  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

  • 4 video files of 4 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (77 min.) : digital, sound, color.
  • 1 transcript (39 pages).

Source Collection

  • Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0045

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015669144

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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:

Conway, Purcell Maurice, Interviewee, Joseph Mosnier, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Purcell Maurice Conway oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida. 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669144/.

APA citation style:

Conway, P. M., Mosnier, J. & Civil Rights History Project, U. S. (2011) Purcell Maurice Conway oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669144/.

MLA citation style:

Conway, Purcell Maurice, Interviewee, Joseph Mosnier, and U.S Civil Rights History Project. Purcell Maurice Conway oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Saint Augustine, Florida. 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015669144/>.