Film, Video William Lamar Strickland oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Amherst, Massachusetts, 2011 September 23
William Lamar Strickland oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Amherst, Massachusetts, 2011 September 23
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Title
- William Lamar Strickland oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Amherst, Massachusetts, 2011 September 23
Summary
- William Strickland recalls growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, attending Boston Latin High School and Harvard University, and serving as a Marine. He remembers his friendship with Malcolm X, joining the Northern Student Movement, and his work with Vincent Harding and the Institute of the Black World. He also discusses the current research on Malcolm X and his opinions on politics.
Names
- Strickland, William, 1937- interviewee
- Mosnier, Joseph, interviewer
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Created / Published
- 2011.
Headings
- - Strickland, William,--1937---Interviews
- - Harding, Vincent
- - X, Malcolm,--1925-1965
- - Boston Latin School (Mass.)
- - Harvard University
- - Institute of the Black World
- - Northern Student Movement
- - African American civil rights workers--Interviews
- - African American college teachers--Interviews
- - African American veterans--Interviews
- - Civil rights movements--United States
Genre
- Filmed Interviews
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Video recordings
Notes
- - Recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts, on September 23, 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 Strickland was born in 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University and worked as a professor of political science and Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- - In English.
- - Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005
Medium
- 12 video files of 12 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (130 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- 1 transcript (56 pages).
Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0055
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_crhp0055
- afc2010039text.afc2010039_crhp0055_strickland_transcript
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2015669154
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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- video
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Subject
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American College Teachers
- African American Veterans
- Boston Latin School (Mass.)
- Civil Rights Movements
- Filmed Interviews
- Harding, Vincent
- Harvard University
- Institute of the Black World
- Interviews
- Northern Student Movement
- Oral Histories
- Strickland, William
- United States
- Video Recordings
- X, Malcolm