Film, Video Robert J. Brown oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in High Point, North Carolina, 2013 October 01
Robert J. Brown oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in High Point, North Carolina, 2013 October 01
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Title
- Robert J. Brown oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in High Point, North Carolina, 2013 October 01
Summary
- Robert Brown describes his childhood in High Point, North Carolina, the poverty and segregation that defined his childhood, and how his grandmother influenced him by telling stories about his family's history during slavery. Brown became one of the first black policemen in High Point and later transitioned to a position as a federal agent in New York. He returned to North Carolina in 1960 to start a public relations firm, B&C Associates, Inc., which advised companies about how to change policies on race and segregation. Brown also shares stories about serving as a special assistant to President Richard Nixon and his role in bringing attention to apartheid in South Africa through his relationship with Nelson Mandela and his family.
Names
- Brown, Robert J., 1935- interviewee
- Cline, David P., 1969- interviewer
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Created / Published
- 2013.
Headings
- - Brown, Robert J.,--1935---Interviews
- - B&C Associates, Inc
- - F.W. Woolworth Company
- - African American businesspeople--Interviews
- - African American police--Interviews
- - African Americans--Employment
- - Civil rights movements--United States
- - Discrimination in employment--United States
Genre
- Filmed Interviews
- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Video recordings
Notes
- - Recorded in High Point, North Carolina, on October 1, 2013.
- - 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.).
- - Robert J. Brown was a police officer and founder of B&C Associates, Inc., a public relations firm.
- - 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
- 11 video files of 11 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (130 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- 1 transcript (59 pages).
Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0106
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_crhp0106
- afc2010039text.afc2010039_crhp0106_Brown_transcript
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2015669205
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