RALPH J. BUNCHE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION (A-C)
ACEVADO, Jorge (n.d.) RJB
319
Executive Director, Santa Clara County Economic Opportunities Commission.
Discusses the Mexican-American in this country, including migration to
the Southwest American; their role in U. S. history; problems of identity,
discrimination, political effectiveness. Discusses aid to the Mexican-American
community and matters of unionization, political organization, and relationship
with the Catholic Church.
Interviewer: Sy Berg
Date: August 1968
Format: Transcript, 16 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
AIKENS, Lenton (n.d.) RJB
652
Director, Black Organization for Rights and Independence (BORI). Elaborates
on the group's primary goal--Black acquisition and control of several Southern
States in America. Comments on other Black nationalist groups. Discusses
one of the organization's short-range projects; a preventive medicine clinic
in the Black ghetto.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: October 27, 1970
Format: Transcript, 28 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALEXANDER, Clifford (1933- ) RJB
370
Appointed chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, June 1967.
Describes subtle methods of employment discrimination used by the business
community. Suggests how Federal government can combat job discrimination.
Discusses accomplishments of EEOC and the greatest hindrance to its operation:
the lack of cease and desist authority. Lists new employment opportunities
for minority groups.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: February 5, 1969
Format: Transcript, 34 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALEXANDER, Felton S. (1929- ) RJB
179
Executive Director, National Urban League of Greater Dallas. Discusses
conditions in Dallas that led to establishment of the Dallas League. Describes
"militant" activities of chapter.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: May 1, 1968
Format: Transcript, 37 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALEXANDER, Fred (n.d.) RJB
407
Member, City Council, Charlotte, North Carolina. Discusses reason for
entering politics; campaign strategy; political philosophy; accomplishments
in office; relationship with white colleagues. Recalls his role in the
desegregation of public facilities in Charlotte during the 1960's. Comments
on the struggle for leadership among Blacks and the lack of traditional
ministerial leadership in the civil rights movement.
Interviewer: Stanley H. Smith
Date: August 1968
Format: Transcript, 40 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALEXANDER, Kelly (n.d.) RJB
399
State President, North Carolina chapter, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Discusses NAACP programs in North
Carolina, including voter registration, employment, and school desegregation.
Compares NAACP efforts in the state with those of other civil rights organizations.
Explains why he is against Black separatism.
Interviewer: Stanley H. Smith
Date: 1968 Format: Transcript, 35 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALEXANDER, Sidney (n.d.) RJB
487
Administrator, anti-poverty programs, Sharkey County, Mississippi.
Discusses need for such programs in his area, lack of participation by
poor whites, and harassment of anti-poverty workers by some of local population.
Recalls voter registration activities. Comments on Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party (MFDP). Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: July 11, 1969
Format: Transcript, 46 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALINSKY, Saul (1909-1972)
RJB 110
Executive Director, Industrial Areas Foundation, Chicago, Illinois.
Discusses life in Jewish ghettos of Chicago and Los Angeles during early
1900's. Traces origin of Industrial Areas Foundation. Discusses tactics
used to organize the community and changing major social issues. Comments
on Black Power concept and early Negro militants.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: December 11, 1967
Format: Transcript, 24 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALLEN, Ernie (1942- ) RJB
347
Co-founder and editor, Soulbook, a Black revolutionary journal. Discusses
scope and production of Soulbook. Comments on various philosophies of Black
nationalism and revolutions. Recalls his role in organizing Afro-Americans
Against the War in Vietnam.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: November 15, 1968
Format: Transcript, 54, 60 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALLEN, Ivan (1910- ) RJB
132
Mayor, Atlanta, Georgia. Relates problems of dealing with and enforcing
local desegregation in public accommodations. Discusses his Congressional
testimony supporting the Public Accommodations Section of the Civil Rights
Bill.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: January 23, 1968
Format: Transcript, 29 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALLEN, Michele P. (1944- ) RJB
345
Former leader, Afro-American Student Movement, Fisk University. Member,
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Nashville, Tennessee chapter.
One of the founders of Black Panther Party in California.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: November 16, 1968
Format: Transcript, 35 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ALLEN, Robert (1942- ) RJB
342
Staff writer, The Guardian. Recalls his role in the protest demonstrations
in Atlanta during the 1960's to desegregate public facilities. Deals at
length with his anti-war activities and the organization of a Black anti-war
group, Afro-Americans for Survival. Discusses his trip to North Vietnam.
Discusses The Guardian: how he became a staff writer; policy changes; its
readers. Comments on various aspects of Black nationalism.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: November 13, 1968
Format: Transcript, 55 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
AMADOR, Monico (n.d.) RJB
140
Staff associate, Mexican-American Opportunities Center, San Jose, California.
Defines purpose of center, which develops job openings for the disadvantaged
within industry, and discusses the hesitancy of industrial community and
union participation. Examines problems of Catholic Church's influence in
Mexican-American community. Discusses police-Mexican-American relations.
Interviewer: Harold O. Lewis
Date: January 1967
Format: Transcript, 31 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
AMERSON, Lucius (n.d.) RJB
48
First Negro elected sheriff, Tuskegee, Alabama.
Interviewer: Stanley H. Smith
Date: November 24, 1967
Status: Transcript, 17,20 pages; tape not available
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quotation or citation during the lifetime of the oral author without his
written permission. Upon his death MSRC may give permission to quote or
cite. No reproduction in any form, except with permission from the oral
author, his heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
ANDERSON, Carl (1934- ) RJB
219
Associate Dean of Students, Howard University.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: July 18, 1968
Format: Transcript, 68 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANDERSON, Constance E. (n.d.) RJB
353
Teacher, New York City Public School System. Comments on experiences
at City College of New York. Describes prejudices encountered while job-hunting.
Analyzes philosophy of education. Comments on reasons for not joining teachers
union, noting repercussions. Discusses internal policy conflicts at local
PS 21. Describes involvement with children in a Chinatown school. Discusses
parents' push for local community control of schools and excessive actions
by police.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: December 7, 1968
Format: Transcript, 65 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "A" (1947- ) RJB
177
Black high school graduate who participated in the Washington, D.C.
riot of April 1968 following the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: November 26, 1968
Format: Transcript, 24 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "B" (1944- ) RJB
178
Black college drop-out who participated in the Washington, D. C. riot
of April 1968 following the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: April 24, 1968
Format: Transcript, 46 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "C" (1947- ) RJB
186
Black unemployed high school drop-out who participated in the Washington,
D. C. riot of April 1968 following the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: May 16, 1968
Format: Transcript, 44 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "D" (n.d.) RJB
549
Leader, Black High School Alliance in New York City. Briefly allied
his efforts with those of Columbia University's Black students who, in
1968, took over a campus building in order to protest the University's
decision to erect a building at the site of a community park. Discusses
chronology of events, as well as participation in other revolutionary activities
in Harlem.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: 1970
Format: Cassette tape
Tape length: 45 minutes.
Restrictions: No reproduction
ANONYMOUS "E" (n.d.) RJB
561
Black student participant in the campus strike at the University of
Maryland, College Park campus, Spring of 1970. Discusses reasons for demonstrations,
sincerity of the students and why he believes Blacks should not participate.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: May 17, 1970
Format: Transcript, 6 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "F" (n.d.) RJB
562
White student participant in the campus strike at the University of
Maryland, College Park campus, Spring of 1970. Explains why he was active
in the strike. Comments on the violence that occurred and the lack of Black
student participants.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: May 17, 1970
Format: Transcript, 9 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "G" (n.d.) RJB
563
Student, University of Maryland, College Park campus, who was opposed
to the strike and protest demonstrations during the Spring of 1970.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: May 17, 1970
Format: Transcript, 16 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "H" (n.d.) RJB
565
Black student, University of Maryland, who did not participate in the
College Park campus strike in 1970.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: May 18, 1970
Format: Transcript, 11 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "I" (n.d.) RJB
568
Member, student strike committee, University of Maryland, College Park
campus, during 1970 demonstrations. Discusses reasons for protest, participation
of Black students, and ensuing reaction of administration.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: 1970
Format: Transcript, 18 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "J" (n.d.) RJB
569
Black student who did not participate in the campus disturbances, University
of Maryland, College Park, in Spring of 1970. Comments on tactics and methods
used by demonstrators and why he believes Blacks were not active in the
student strike.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: 1970
Format: Transcript, 9 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "K" (n.d.) RJB
570
Black student participant in 1970 demonstrations at University of Maryland,
College Park campus.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: 1970
Format: Transcript, 11 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "L" (n.d.) RJB
582
Student, Kent State University. Gives eyewitness account of confrontation
between students and National Guard, May 1970. Discusses lack of Black
participation in campus demonstrations. Comments on the effect of the Black
United Students organization as a political force at the university.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: June 13, 1970
Format: Transcript, 13 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANONYMOUS "M" (n.d.) RJB
659
Black inmate of a jail in New York City involved in the prisoners'
takeover of the eighth floor of the institution. Discusses prison life
and events leading to the insurrection; course of the riot, including the
making of weapons, tear gassing, police hostages; demands made by inmates.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: September 13, 1970
Format: Transcript, 16 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANRIG, Gregory (n.d.) RJB
483
Former director, Equal Educational Opportunities Division Department
of Health, Education and Welfare. In that capacity, served as chief administrator
of Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Discusses the
purpose of Title IV and its guidelines and difficulties in administering
Title IV and Title VI. Describes procedure for developing desegregation
plans for school districts. Comments on school decentralization.
Interviewer: Helen Hall
Date: November 24, 1969
Format: Transcript, 48 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ANTHONY, Paul (1928- ) RJB
129
Executive Director, Southern Regional Council, a private, nonprofit
research and information agency concerned with the development of the South
and race relations in that area. Describes origin, function, and programs
of the Council and the impact of some of its published reports.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: January 26, 1968
Format: Transcript, 20 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ARKI, Jay (n.d.) RJB 598
Director, South Cleveland chapter, Federation of Black Nationalists,
a city-wide organization. Discusses purpose, funding, and programs, which
include education classes and drug abuse clinic.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: August 3, 1970
Format: Transcript, 16 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ARONICA, Louis (n.d.) RJB
45
Executive Director, Metropolitan Washington (D.C.) Fair Housing Council.
Discusses the purpose and activities of his organization. Looks at housing
problems in the metropolitan Washington area in terms of open occupancy,
zoning, financing, construction, and other relevant concerns.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: September 27, 1967
Format: Transcript, 90 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ARTHUR, Barbara (n.d.) RJB
524
Former member, Black Panther Party. Discusses her activities and duties
with the organization; its philosophy and programs; why she left the group.
Recalls her candidacy for U. S. Senate with the Peace and Freedom Party
(1968). Comments on her work in the "mission district" in San
Francisco.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: March 12, 1970
Format: Transcript, 14 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ASHFORD, Joyce (n.d.), see Dunlap RJB
597
ATKINS, Thomas (n.d.) RJB
622
Member, City Council, Boston, Massachusetts. Discusses his activities as
acting executive secretary of the local chapter of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People. Looks at the Black population in
Boston, in terms of its size, education, employment and political astuteness.
Discusses his efforts in establishing a "tradition of Black government"
in his city and the training of Black politicians nationally.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: August 28, 1970
Format: Transcript, 44 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
ATKINSON, Albert B. (n.d.), joint with RJB
36
SMITH, S. Edward
Executive Director, Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), Maryland office.
Describes on-the-job training programs administered through his office.
Looks at socio-economic situation of Blacks in Baltimore.
Interviewer:
Date: 1967
Format: Transcript, 76 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
AUKOFER, Frank (1936- ) RJB
141
Journalist, Milwaukee Journal. Discusses race relations in his city including
school desegregation, open housing, and a "5-hour riot" July
30, 1967.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: February 12, 1968
Format: Transcript, 45 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
AUSTIN, Ernest (1933- ) RJB 264
Staff member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and coordinator
of the Appalachian contingent of the Poor People's Campaign.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: July 9, 1968
Format: Transcript, 29 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
AVEILHE, Clyde C. (ca. 1936) RJB
220
Director of Student Activities, Howard University, Washington, D. C.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: June 18, 1968
Format: Transcript, 74 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
AYERS, Gary (ca. 1948) RJB 238/658
President, Association of Men Students (1968-69), Howard University; public
relations and fund-raising director, D. C. Project--community involvement
program sponsored by Howard University Students. Discusses factors at the
university that alienated students and administration. Discusses purpose,
funding, administration and services of D. C. Project. Two interviews.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin; Allen Coleman
Date: June 29, 1968; November 23, 1970
Format: Transcripts, 61 pages and 45 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BAILEY, Peter (1938- ) RJB 306
Associate Editor, Ebony magazine. Recalls his childhood as an "Army
brat", his own service experience and his student days at Howard University.
Describes activism in Harlem. Discusses Organization for Afro-American
Unity and his close relationship with Malcolm X. Comments on Malcolm's
trip to Africa. Describes and gives causes of Malcolm X's assassination.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: September 4, 1968
Format: Transcript, 73 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BAKER, Ella (1903-1986) RJB 203
Staff member and consultant, Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF).
Former staff member National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Recalls origin and development
of SCLC. Traces the rise to national prominence of Martin Luther King Jr.,
his administrative role and in SCLC and his association with staff members.
Discusses SNCC, its origin, programs, changes in ideology, and association
with SCLC. Gives background information on SCEF.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: June 19, 1968
Format: Transcript, 98 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BALDWIN, Jessie (ca.1902- ) RJB
244
Sanitation worker, Memphis, Tennessee. Discusses the Memphis garbage strike
of 1968, why he believed it necessary, how it affected his family and the
city.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: July 13, 1968
Format: Transcript, 25 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BALLARD, Charles (ca. 1948- ) RJB
240
Director of an anti-poverty agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Gives his views
on the 1968 Memphis garbage strike.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: July 13, 1968
Format: Transcript, 30 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BALLENTINE, Dennis (ca. 1950- ) RJB
567
Student, University of Maryland, College Park campus. Non- participant
in student protest, 1970. Comments on student strategy, lack of participation
by Blacks, methods used by police to restore normality to the campus.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: May 8, 1970
Format: Transcript, 9 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BANCROFT, Richard A. (1918- ) RJB
436
Lawyer. Former president, San Francisco branch, National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Describes undergraduate and
graduate experience at Howard University and involvement with activist
groups such as the Liberal Club and the local chapter, NAACP. Discusses
duties as a labor organizer in Washington, D. C. and cites examples of
Black youth today. Discusses establishment of the San Francisco Human Relations
Commission.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: July 7, 1969
Format: Transcript, 50 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BANKS, James (n.d.) RJB 504
Former Executive Director, United Planning Organization (UPO), Washington,
D. C. Discusses the conception, purpose and funding of UPO, an anti-poverty
agency that preceded the war on poverty. Gives major facets of program.
Identifies root of poverty in Washington. Discusses structuring of program
around neighborhood centers and response of local residents. Comments on
lack of participation by poor whites in agency's program; declining interest
in anti-poverty programs; achievements as Executive Director of UPO.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: November 2, 1969
Format: Transcript, 29 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BANKS, Taunya (n.d.) RJB 689
Director, Mississippi Center for Black Elected Officials. Discusses Center
funding and objectives. Comments on problems of newly elected Black officials.
Discusses Center's research functions.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: June 1, 1970
Format: Transcript, 19 pages; tape not available
Restriction: Standard
BANNER, William A. (n.d.) RJB
673
Professor of Philosophy, Howard University. Discusses student dissatisfaction
at Howard during the late 60's leading to their challenge of General Lewis
B. Hershey, Director, Selective Services. Comments on specific concerns
of students and the change of presidents. Offers personal ideas of what
a university should be.
Interviewer: Allen Coleman
Date: January 18, 1971
Format: Transcript, 66 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BARBEE, Lloyd (1925- ) RJB 144
Member, State Assembly, Wisconsin. Chairman, Milwaukee School Integrating
Committee (M.U.S.I. C.). Discusses anti-discrimination activities of local
chapter of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
(of which he was president). Relates M.U.S.I.C.'s role in seeking quality
education for Blacks in Milwaukee, and discusses the city's administration.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: February 13, 1968
Format: Transcript, 68 pages; tape not available
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quotation or citation during the lifetime of the oral author without his
written permission. Upon his death MSRC may give permission to quote or
cite. No reproduction in any form, except with permission from the oral
author, his heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
BARBOUR, Charles (n.d.) RJB 624
Member, City Council, Charlottesville, Va. First Black so elected. Discusses
organization and funding of his campaign, goals while in office, major
political issues for Blacks in Charlottesville.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: August 10, 1970
Format: Transcript, 15 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BARNES, Joe (n.d.) RJB 677
Student at American University. Member of American University's Organization
of Afro-American Students and Chairman of its Political Committee. Discusses
the evolution of the organization from a social to a political action group.
Describes the campus climate that Blacks encountered in the late 60's.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: February 3, 1971
Format: Cassette tape
Tape length: 90 minutes
Restrictions: No reproduction
BARNES, Lois (1930- ) RJB 433
Education Chairman, San Francisco branch, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Discussed the Association's activities
in attempting to rid San Francisco of discriminatory inequities in its
school system.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: July 17, 1969
Format: Transcript, 36 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BARNET, Roosevelt (n.d.) RJB 481
Former Field Secretary, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC),
Montgomery, Ala. First Assistant Director, Alabama Action Committee. Identifies
the tactics, organizations, and major players involved in the civil rights
activities that ensued in Alabama during and after the Montgomery bus boycotts.
Discusses the activities of the Alabama Action Committee to obtain food
and jobs for poor Blacks and whites in that state.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 13, 1969
Format: Transcript, 37 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BARONI, Geno (1931-1984) RJB
43
Executive Secretary, Archbishop's Committee on Community Relations, Archdiocese
of Washington, D. C. Discusses the role of organized religion in solving
the problems of urban change and the inner city.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: September 24, 1967
Format: Transcript, 78 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BARRY, Marion (1936- ) RJB 54
First Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Assistant
Director, Pride, Inc., a self-help work program in Washington, D. C. Recalls
early sit-in activities as student in Tennessee with Nashville Student
Movement. Discusses SNCC: origin at the Raleigh Conference; organization
of freedom rides; voter registration; ideological differences within organization;
role of white workers; funding; political activities. Discusses concept
and program of Pride, Inc.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: October 3, 1967
Format: Transcript, 62 pages; tape not available
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without the permission of the oral author. No quotation or citation during
the lifetime of the oral author without his written permission. Upon his
death MSRC may give permission to quote or cite. No reproduction in any
form, except with permission from the oral author, his heirs, legal representatives
or assigns.
BATISTE, Columbus (n.d.) RJB
653
Director, Compton (California) Community Youth Center. Describes job placement
service of the Center. Discusses efforts to involve parents in the schools.
Suggests programs to improve quality of life in Compton.
Interviewer: Nanette Freeman
Date: October 28, 1970
Format: Transcript, 18 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BATSON, Ruth (1921- ) RJB 64
Associate Director, Metropolitan Council for Equal Opportunities (METCO),
a federally funded school busing program operating in Boston.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: December 27, 1967
Format: Transcript, 41 pages; tape not available
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quotation or citation during the lifetime of the oral author without his
written permission. Upon her death MSRC may give permission to quote or
cite. No reproduction in any form, except with permission from the oral
author, her heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
BAUGH, Howard (1924- ) RJB 131
Black police lieutenant in Atlanta, Georgia. Discusses changing roles and
attitudes towards Black policemen in the South. Relates his role as law
officer during civil rights protests in Atlanta in early 1960's.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: January 22, 1968
Format: Transcript, 24 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BECKER, William (n.d.) RJB 432
Former Director, Human Rights Commission, San Francisco, California. Recalls
efforts to involve labor, Jewish, Black, Japanese, and Mexican organizations
in the struggle to register minority voters, pass fair employment practices
legislation, abolish discriminatory laws, and increase minority participation
in state government in California during the 1950s and 60s.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: July 16, 1969
Format: Transcript, 61 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BENJAMIN, Murdock (ca. 1951- ) RJB 542
Discusses major events in his life which led to his becoming an organizer
for the Poor People's Campaign, including: his active participation in
the Watts riots as youth of 17, the resulting imprisonment which covered
a period of several years, the gradual desire upon release from prison,
to work for better conditions for all "oppressed" people.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: March 19, 1970
Format: Transcript, 42 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BENNETT, L. Howard (n.d.) RJB 412
Director, Civil Rights, Department of Defense. Comments on history of desegregation
in armed forces. Describes efforts to integrate off-base facilities. Cites
civilian pressures on military regarding civil rights. Describes impact
of civil rights legislation on armed forces. Discusses South Vietnam racial
incidents; percentage of Blacks killed in action; percentage of Black officers
in the military.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: March 20, 1968
Format: Transcript, 35 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BENNETT, Lerone (1928- ) RJB
34
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: September 7, 1967
Format: Incomplete transcript, 5 pages; tape not available
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quotation or citation during the lifetime of the oral author without his
written permission. Upon his death MSRC may give permission to quote or
cite. No reproduction in any form, except with permission from the oral
author, his heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
BENNING, Dwight (n.d.), see Prentice
Mckinney RJB 146
BERNHAGEN, Wayne (n.d.) RJB 142
President, Milwaukee Citizen's Civic Voice, "an organization... to
solve inter-community problems facing Black and white residents."
Discusses civil rights activities and the segregated school system in his
city.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: February 14, 1968
Format: Transcript, 68 pages; tape not available
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quotation or citation during the lifetime of the oral author without his
written permission. Upon his death MSRC may give permission to quote or
cite. No reproduction in any form, except with permission from the oral
author, his heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
BERRIGAN, Philip (1923- ) RJB
50
Activist parish priest in Baltimore ghetto. Discusses role of his church
in its environs and the economic conditions of his parishioners. Also discusses
Baltimore chapter, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: September 28, 1967
Format: Transcript, 61 pages; tape not available
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quotation or citation during the lifetime of the oral author without his
written permission. Upon his death MSRC may give permission to quote or
cite. No reproduction in any form, except with permission from the oral
author, his heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
BERRY, Edwin (n.d.) RJB 161
Executive Director, Chicago chapter, National Urban League. Describes programs
for veterans. Discusses activities of his chapter in Chicago.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: February 22, 1968
Format: Transcript, 22 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BEVEL, James (1936- ) RJB 222
Executive staff member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Describes the Poor People's Campaign, its creation and development, and
the rise of Resurrection City. Discusses association with Martin Luther
King Jr. Gives eyewitness account of King's death.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: July 6, 1968
Format: Transcript, 42 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: CLOSED
BIRDSONG, Walter L. (n.d.) RJB
656
Former Senator in the Howard University Student Association 1968- 1969
and former Vice President of the Liberal Arts Student Council 1969-1970.
Interviewer: Allen Coleman
Date: November 15, 1970
Format: Cassette tape
Tape length: 90 minutes
Restrictions: No reproduction
BIZELL, Leo (n.d.) RJB 499
Student leader, Stanford University. Describes association with Huey Newton,
Bobby Seale, and the Black Panther Party. Explains activities of Black
students at Merritt Junior College (Oakland). Discusses development of
Black student unions and Black studies programs on several campuses. Explains
reasons for growth of Black student body at Stanford.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: August 29, 1969
Format: Transcript, 33 pages: tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BLACK, Charles A. (1940- ) RJB
29
Former Chairman, Atlanta Committee on Appeal for Human Rights, the organization
that instituted the Atlanta Student Movement. Discusses strategy, targets,
and results of the sit-ins and protest demonstrations inaugurated by his
group.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: August 17, 1967
Format: Transcript, 53 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BLACK, Lewis (n.d.) RJB 60
Discusses his role in voter registration in Hale County, Alabama. Also
relates activities of the Hale County Progressive Association.
Interviewer: Stanley H. Smith
Date: October 1967
Format: Transcript, 14 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: The record of this tape may be read in the repository, quoted
from and cited. No reproduction in any form including microphoto, typewriter,
photostat etc. Researchers may seek permission from the oral author, his
heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
BLACK, Lucille (n.d.) RJB 70
Staff member, national headquarters, National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP) since 1927. Reminisces about the NAACP under
Walter White and with W. E. B. DuBois.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: November 1, 1967
Format: Transcript, 32 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BLACKWELL, Unita (1933- ) RJB
279
Member, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and National Council
of Negro Women (NCNW). Describes MFDP's challenge to the regular Democrats
at the 1964 National Democratic Convention. Discusses her activities with
NCNW.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 10, 1968
Format: Transcript, 39 pages; cassette tape
Tape length: One hour
Restrictions: Standard
BOND, Julian (1940- ) RJB 133
State Representative, Georgia House of Representatives. Former communications
director, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Reviews the
Atlanta Student Movement. Gives an in-depth statement about SNCC: its origin,
program, politics and members. Discusses his exclusion from the Georgia
legislature and his role as a State Representative.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: January 22, 1968
Format: Transcript, 91 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BOOKER, Reginald H. (1941 ) RJB 585
Chairman, Washington (D. C.) Construction Area Industry Task Force. Discusses
experience with racism in the Army; sit-in activities with Julius Hobson;
Washington branch of CORE: involvement with ACT, the Black United Front,
the Emergency Committee for the Transportation Crisis and the Washington
Construction Area Industry Task Force. Discusses Pan-Africanism in America.
Analyzes Black participation in the Vietnam War.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: July 24, 1970
Format: Transcript, 52 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BOONE, Richard (n.d.) RJB 475
Executive Director, Alabama Action Committee, Montgomery, AL. Former field
secretary, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Reflects on
his involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
and other student organizing efforts in the early 1960s. Discusses the
civil rights movement in a larger political context, targeting the Mafia,
northern capitalists, the white power structure, and the FBI in the exploitation
of rural Blacks and in the assassinations of prominent civil rights and
progressive political figures.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 18, 1969
Format: Transcript, 23 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BOOTHE, Mary (1945- ) RJB 274
Former worker, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Director,
Greenwood Movement, Greenwood, Mississippi. Discusses the disintegration
of SNCC in her area, citing the lack of local leadership as the prime factor.
Also discusses her present organization, which focuses on jobs for Blacks
in the local community.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 7, 1968
Format: Transcript, 30 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BOUTELLE, Paul (1934- ) RJB
629
Member, Socialist Worker's Party. Candidate, New York's eighteenth Congressional
district, 1970. Founder, Freedom Now Party, New York City, 1964. Describes
association with Black Muslims and Malcolm X. Recalls efforts of the Committee
to Aid the Monroe (N.C.) Defendants. Gives origins of Freedom Now Party.
Discusses Black political parties in New York City. Analyzes Socialist
Workers Party in relation to competition from Communists and Trotskyites.
Comments on local Black United Front.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 3, 1970
Format: Transcript, 120/155 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BOWIE, Harry (1935- ) RJB 311
State Director, Voter Education Program, Delta Ministry, Mississippi. Focuses
on the evolution of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as
a local and national political force for Black Mississippians. Describes
the activities of the Delta Ministry, its relationship to the FDP, and
its activities to address severe hunger among the state's poor and to promote
Black self-help efforts.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 8, 1968
Format: Transcript, 39 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BRADEN, Carl (1914- )
BRADEN, Ann (1924- ), joint interview RJB
310
Executive Director, Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF); editor,
Southern Patriot, SCEF house organ. Both Bradens, of Southern origin, discuss
factors that changed their traditional values and ideas. Discuss origin
and purpose of SCEF; problems in organizing and educating poor whites;
editorial policy and clientele of Southern Patriot; journalist's role in
society; effect of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on
Blacks.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: September 18, 1968
Format: Transcript, 111 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BRANTON, Wiley (1923- ) RJB 371/502
Director, Community and Social Action Division, Alliance for Labor Action.
Former Executive Director, United Planning Organization (UPO), an anti-poverty
organization, Washington, D. C. First Director, Voter Education Project,
Southern Regional Council. Civil rights attorney. Recalls his role as sponsor
of the first known Negro to desegregate a Southern school, the University
of Arkansas, in 1948. As chief counsel to the "Little Rock 9,"
gives legal background of that school desegregation case. Discusses purpose,
funding, activities and results of the Voter Education Project. Looks at
Mississippi as most difficult area for voter registration. Recalls organization
of Council of Federated Organizations. Discusses the provisions of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965. Recalls tenure as special assistant to two attorneys
general under the Johnson Administration. Discusses programs and operations
of UPO. Considers UPO's role in Federal anti-poverty programs.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr. for both interviews
Dates: January 16, 1969; October 20, 1969
Format: Transcripts, 78 pages; 38 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BREEZE, Brother (n.d.) RJB 600
Co-director, Drug Abuse Center #1 Cleveland, Ohio. Discusses reasons for
Center, funding, services, lack of aid and support from professionals in
medical services, and effect of Center and its program on community.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: July 30, 1970
Format: Transcript, 22 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BREMOND, Walter (n.d.) RJB 349
President, Black Congress, an umbrella organization of representatives
from Black action groups in Los Angeles, California, whose purpose is to
"focus on reconstruction of the Black community in every area."
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: November 18, 1968
Format: Transcript, 11 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BRITT, Travis (n.d.) RJB
301
Relates his voter registration experiences as a member of the Student Nonviolent
Coordination Committee (SNCC) in Macomb, Mississippi.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: September 24, 1968
Format: Transcript, 30 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BRITTON, Harvey (n.d.) RJB 469
State field director, Louisiana chapter, National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP). Discusses the Louisiana NAACP's efforts to reorganize
following the lifting of a statewide ban against it. Interprets the racial
and interracial divisions in Louisiana state politics and comments on the
roles of several key Black and white political figures.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 11, 1969
Format: Transcript, 33 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROOKS, Fred (1928- ) RJB 91
Former leader, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and organizer
of the Liberation School, Nashville, Tennessee. Recalls early involvement
in civil rights movement. Discusses changes in movement from 1962-67. Relates
experiences during voter registration drive in Jonesboro, Louisiana. Discusses
Deacons for Defense and Justice, organized by CORE in Jonesboro in 1964.
Relates activities at Tennessee State University. Recalls testifying before
Senator McClellan's sub-committee on investigations. Discusses Liberation
School. Draws parallel between Vietnam conflict and fight of Blacks for
right to control own lives. Discusses white involvement in movement.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: November 29, 1967
Format: Cassette tape
Tape length: 90 minutes
Restrictions: No reproduction
BROOKS, Lela (1940- ) RJB 288
Vice President of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Sunflower
County, Mississippi. Discusses earliest civil rights activities in the
County, voter registration efforts and her active participation in MFDP
from its inception.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 8, 1968
Format: Cassette Tape
Tape length: 45 minutes
Restrictions: No reproduction
BROOKS, Owen (1928- ) RJB 330
Director, Delta Ministry, Greenville, Mississippi. Discusses civil rights
activities in Boston, Massachusetts. Discusses national Black leaders;
history of Delta Ministry and its relationship with the National Council
of Churches. Notes activities of organized labor in Mississippi. Analyzes
"Black Power" slogan. Discusses role of Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Party (MFDP). Compares 1943 Henry Wallace campaign with 1968 campaigns
of Humphrey, Kennedy, McCarthy and Nixon.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: September 24, 1968
Format: Transcript, 51, 60 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWN, Benjamin D. (1940- ) RJB
27
Representative, Georgia House of Representatives. Former leader in
Atlanta Student Movement in early 1960's.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: August 16, 1967
Format: Transcript, 45 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: The record of this tape may be read in the repository, quoted
from and cited. No reproduction in any form including microphoto, typewriter,
photostat etc. Researchers may seek permission from the oral author, his
heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
BROWN, Edward (n.d.) RJB 2
Relates how his student sit-in activities led to his expulsion from Southern
University. Discusses the March on Washington (1963) and the ideological
differences of its architects. Recalls circumstances surrounding the seating
of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the Democratic National
Convention. Discusses the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
its exodus from the traditional civil rights movement and the differences
that developed between Black and white members.
Interviewer: Harold O. Lewis
Date: 1967
Format: Transcript, 72 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWN, Ewart (1946- ) RJB 354
President, Student Assembly, Howard University (1967-68), Washington, D.
C. Discusses Black Power concept; conditions at Howard University from
1960 to present. Comments on powerlessness of faculty and unresponsiveness
of administration. Explains relationship of the University to the Black
community. Comments on limits of legitimate protest; civil disobedience;
Black middle class; terms "Negro" and "Black."
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: September 14, 1968
Format: Transcript, 74, 79 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWN, Jess R. (n.d.) RJB 687
Veteran civil rights attorney, Jackson, Mississippi. Discusses many cases.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: September 2, 1970
Format: Transcript, 21, 22 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWN, John, Jr. (n.d.) RJB
197
Discusses the origin, structure, activities, and plans of the Southeast
Alabama Self-Help Association (SEASHA), a community self- help training,
action group.
Interviewer: Stanley H. Smith
Date: May 21, 1968
Format: Transcript, 24 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWN, Oscar, Sr. (ca. 1900- ) RJB
547
Attorney. One of the leaders of 49th State Movement during the 1930's.
Organized first National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) college chapter. Former president, Chicago chapter, NAACP which
fought restrictive covenants and aided Black residents in "all white
neighborhoods." Former president, Chicago Negro Chamber of Commerce,
which promoted and sponsored Black business. Recalls association with W.
E. B. DuBois.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: March 26, 1970
Format: Transcript, 38 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWN, Otis (n.d.) RJB 286
Chairman of the Sunflower County Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Former member of Mississippi Freedom Labor Union. Recalls his civil rights
activities in Sunflower City and County.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 8, 1968
Format: Cassette tape
Tape length: 90 minutes
Restrictions: No reproduction
BROWN, Theodore E. (n.d.) RJB
294
Executive Director, American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa. Comments
on long association with A. Philip Randolph; involvement in trade union
movement; involvement in affecting United States policies in Africa. Discusses
travel in Africa, with special emphasis on Nigeria and Biafra, and attendance
at sessions of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Conference. Comments
on Blacks in the cities and the youth rebellion.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: August 20, 1968
Format: Transcript, 68 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWN, Willie L. (n.d.) RJB 465
Attorney, Member, California State Assembly. Describes civil rights activities
and organizations in which he has been involved, including voter registration
and fair housing drives in San Francisco. As member of Board of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), discusses need
for change in the organization. Cites his principal legislative efforts
in California State Assembly. Discusses reasons for public school decentralization.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: August 11, 1969
Format: Transcript, 27 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWNE, Charles S. (n.d.) RJB
698
Executive Director, Inner-City Business Improvement Forum, Detroit, Michigan.
Traces origin of Improvement Forum, Blacks organizing to rebuild the Black
business community. Discusses differences between Forum and New Detroit,
Inc., a prestigious establishment organization which came into existence
in the wake of the riot (and whose) objective was to try and renew Detroit.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: July 10, 1970
Format: Transcript, 38, 44 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWNE, Ernest C., Jr. (n.d.) RJB
694
Member, Common Council, Detroit, Michigan. Discusses recruiting and hiring
of Black policemen in Detroit; responsibilities with health department;
his campaign.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: July 8, 1970
Format: Transcript, 29 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BROWNE, Robert S. (n.d.) RJB
530
Concentrates on the idea of separatism as a means of Blacks gaining cultural
unity and greater economic and political power. Discusses the need for
a Black autonomous political force, James Foreman's Black Manifesto and
proposes ceding of Southern states to Blacks.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: 1970
Format: Transcript, 23, 28 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BRYANT, Baxton (n.d.) RJB 233
Executive Director, Tennessee Council on Human Relations. Discusses activities
of organization.
Interviewer: Robert Campbell
Date: July 9, 1968
Format: Transcript, 76 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BRYANT, Ethel C. (n.d.) RJB 417
Executive Assistant to Mayor Samuel Yorty, Los Angeles, California. discusses
1969 mayoralty election including her role in Yorty's campaign, Black response
to her efforts, the allegations of racism and conservatism in the campaign;
Thomas Bradley, the Black candidate; Yorty's victory.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: July 1969
Format: Transcript, 33 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BUCKNER, Harold (n.d.) RJB 583
Black President of the Student Government of Michigan State University.
Discusses the powers and responsibilities of the position, student response
to his election, and events that took place during his tenure. Reviews
campus opposition to shootings at Kent State and Jackson State, effects
of campus protests, and reaction of Black students to campus disorder.
Analyzes motives of protesters and reaction of the administration to protest.
Interviewer: Jaye Stewart
Date: July 1, 1970
Format: Cassette tape
Tape length: 45 minutes
Restrictions: No reproduction
BUFFINGTON, John (ca. 1941- ) RJB
312
Chairman, Clay County (Mississippi) Development Organization. Member, Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Former member, Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) national executive committee. Former member, Black Muslims.
Discusses role in organizing Black and white workers into unions. Recalls
confrontation between Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and "regulars"
at Democratic convention 1968. Discusses expulsion of whites from SNCC.
Reviews his experiences as a Black Muslim.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 12, 1968
Format: Transcript, 66 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BUFORD, Kenneth L. (deceased) (n.d.) RJB
22
Alabama state field director, National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People (NAACP). former member, Tuskegee City Council. Discusses
his role in Tuskegee gerrymandering case and his activities as NAACP state
field director.
Interviewer: Stanley H. Smith
Date: August 1967
Format: Transcript, 7 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: The record of this tape may be read in the repository by
persons engaged in serious research. No quotation or citation of this record
may be made during my lifetime except with my written permission. No reproduction
of this record, either in whole or in part, may be made by microphoto,
typewriter, photostat, or any other device, except by me, my heirs, legal
representatives, or assigns.
BUNCHE, Mrs. Ralph J. (n.d.) RJB
711
Widow of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche. Discusses her recollections of incidents
illustrating Dr. Bunche's deep interest and involvement in the problems
of Black Americans. Gives an account of such experiences while Dr. Bunche
was on the Howard University faculty. Recalls how he declined the opportunity
of being Assistant Secretary of State because of the racial situation in
Washington, D. C.
Interviewer: Vincent J. Browne
Date: March 8, 1973
Format: Transcript, 31 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BURBRIDGE, Thomas N. (ca. 1919- ) RJB
435
Former President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP), San Francisco chapter. Concentrates on his chapter's efforts
to bring integration to the public schools in 1961 and to obtain employment
opportunities for Blacks.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: July 18, 1969
Format: Transcript, 69 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BURLEY, Ron (n.d.) RJB 677
Student at American University. Member of American University's Organization
of Afro-American Students and Minister of its security. Discusses the evolution
of the organization from a social to a political action group. Describes
the campus climate that Blacks encountered in the late 60's.
Interviewer: Robert Wright Date: February 3, 1971
Format: Cassette tape
Tape length: 90 minutes
Restrictions: No reproduction
BURNETT, Winston A. (n.d.) RJB 505
Chairman of the Board and founder of Winston Burnett Construction Company,
Inc., New York. Describes the beginning and growth of the family business.
Comments on local banking policies towards Blacks. Discusses Company participation
in urban renewal projects. Gives philosophy of Black entrepreneurship in
a free enterprise system.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: November 5, 1969
Format: Transcript, 18, 22 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BURNS, W. Haywood (1940- ) RJB 609
Director, National Conference of Black Lawyers. Gives origin of organization
and types of issues and activities with which it is concerned. Recalls
his varied civil rights activities: demonstrator with Emergency Lunch Counter
Integration Committee at Harvard; public relations officer of Congress
of Racial Equality (CORE); participant in Mississippi Freedom Summer; National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense
and Educational Fund; Counsel for Poor People's Campaign.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 19, 1970
Format: Transcript, 47, 55 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BURRELL, Berkley (1919-deceased) RJB
633
President, National Business League. Describes early business successes
and reverses in Washington, D. C. Details difficulties in dealing with
white banks. Discusses revitalization of National Business League. Defines
role of Small Business Administration in Black businesses. Discusses Democratic
and Republican attitudes towards Black enterprise. Evaluates influence
of Booker T. Washington.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 6, 1970
Format: Transcript, 47, 48 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BUSKIRK, Phillip (n.d.) RJB
381
Chairman, legislative committee, Poor People's Campaign. Defines objectives
and programs of his committee. Discusses Congressional legislation.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: June 12, 1968
Format: Transcript, 20 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
BUTLER, Ancusto (1933- ) RJB
83
President, Job Seekers; co-founder, Freedom Fighters and United Freedom
Movement, Cleveland, Ohio. Discusses techniques and results of these organizations
that attack discriminatory employment and working conditions in business
and industry. Gives an account of riot in Cleveland. Discusses his hopes
for Cleveland under Mayor Carl Stokes.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: November 14, 1967
Format: Transcript, 54 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CABBAGE, Charles (ca. 1945- ) RJB
255
Program Director, Black Organizing Project, Memphis, Tennessee. Discusses
Memphis garbage strike. Describes effects of assassination of Martin Luther
King Jr.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: 1968
Format: Transcript, 33 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CABERA, Y. Arturo (1921- ) RJB
318
Faculty member, San Jose State College and candidate for California legislature.
Discusses experiences as a child of poor Mexican- American parents; military
experiences; factors motivating him to pursue higher education. Discusses
formation of Association of Mexican-American Educators and his membership
in the Mexican- American Political Association. Comments on growing militancy
of Mexican-Americans.
Interviewer: Jose Lopez
Date: 1968
Format: Transcript, 39, 40 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CABLETON, Robert (n.d.) RJB
325
Former field secretary, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
in Arkansas. Concentrates on internal problems of SNCC chapter in Arkansas.
Assesses relevance of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to Black
community.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: September 24, 1968
Format: Transcript, 39 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CALHOUN, John H. (ca. 1900- ) RJB
188
Civic Leader and Republican party organizer, Atlanta, Georgia. Discusses
local politics, including elections, candidates, and issues in the 1950's
and 1960's.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: May 23, 1968
Format: Transcript, 61 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CAMPBELL, Leslie (n.d.) RJB
497
Director, African-American Teachers' Union, New York. Co-founder, Uhuru
Sasa. Discusses experiences in Oceanhill-Brownsville school district; conflicts
between African-American Teachers' Union and New York State Teachers' Association;
founding of Uhuru Sasa, an independent school in Brooklyn whose goal is
complete community control.
Interviewer: Helen Hall
Date: January 29, 1970
Format: Transcript, 22 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CAMPBELL, Mary L. (n.d.) RJB
690
Member, Memphis Federation of Teachers, AFL/CIO. Explains reasons for joining
Memphis civil rights movement. Discusses efforts to better conditions for
Black teachers; her two dismissals from teaching duties; attempts to organize
teachers union.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: June 4, 1970
Format: Transcript, 13 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CAMPBELL, Robert F. (n.d.) RJB
97
Executive Director, Southern Educational Reporting Service (SERS).
Discusses origin and purpose of SERS. Also discusses its services, including:
the defunct Southern School News, Southern Education Report, SER's investigatory
studies, and its library on the history of race relations 1954-65.
Interviewer: Vincent J. Browne
Date: November 30, 1967
Format: Transcript, 13 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CAMPBELL, Will D. (n.d.) RJB
385
Director, Committee of Southern Churchmen. Former chaplain, University
of Mississippi. Formerly head of the Southern office on Race and Cultural
Relations, National Council of Churches. Discusses his attempts to "liberate"
the University of Mississippi community in the area of race relations,
his activities during the Southern desegregation crisis of the 1950's and
'60's as a troubleshooter for the National Council of Churches, and his
present organization. Also discusses the forming of Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC), and several clerical and secular civil rights groups. Recalls his
friendship with some members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Interviewer:
Date: 1968
Format: Transcript, 188 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CAPLAN, Marvin (ca. 1919- ) RJB
78
Director, Washington office, Leadership Conference on Civil rights (LCCR),
and legislative representative, Industrial Union Department AFL/CIO. Discusses
activism in Richmond, Virginia: founding of Southern-Jewish Outlook, an
Anglo-Jewish magazine focusing on civil rights and the labor movement;
organizing the Henry Wallace Progressive party; involvement with liberal
causes; founding of American Veterans Committee. Details efforts to end
segregation in Washington, D. C. Describes origin of LCCR. Gives strategy
used to pass 1964 Civil Rights Act. Comments on impact of Black Power concept.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: November 14, 1967
Format: Transcript, 147 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CAREW, Colin (ca. 1941- ) RJB
8
Director, New Thing Art and Architecture Center, Washington, D. C.,
which exposes children and young adults to the arts and "Black culture."
Discusses his ideas and design for a low-income housing project scheduled
to be erected in Washington, D. C.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: July 14, 1967
Format: Transcript, 38 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: The record of this tape may be read in the repository, quoted
from and cited. No reproduction in any form including microphoto, typewriter,
photostat etc. Researchers may seek permission from the oral author, their
heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
CAREY, Archibald J. (n.d.) RJB
543
Judge, Circuit Court, Cook County, Illinois, and minister emeritus, Guinn
Chapel. Discusses political background. Outlines functioning of Daley organization.
Comments on association with Martin Luther King Jr.; appointments under
Eisenhower administration. Traces origin of the Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE).
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: March 24, 1970
Format: Transcript, 33 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CARLINER, David (n.d.) RJB
237
Attorney. Chairman, Washington Home Rule Committee. Founder, D. C. chapter
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Relates his attempts to re-organize
D. C. Governing body and to secure home rule for Washington. Also discusses
civil rights activities of D. C. chapter of ACLU.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: June 29, 1968
Format: Transcript, 52 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: The record of this tape may be read in the repository, quoted
from and cited. No reproduction in any form including microphoto, typewriter,
photostat etc. Researchers may seek permission from the oral author, his
heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
CARTER, Hodding II (1935- ) RJB
329
Editor, Delta-Democrat Times, Greenville, Mississippi. One of the leaders
of the Democratic "loyalist" challenge of the "regulars"
at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Discusses his own role as well
as the key strategies and personalities involved in the various factions
of Mississippi's divided Democratic Party during the 1968 presidential
campaign which featured Alabama governor George Wallace's bid for the party's
nomination. Discusses the political climate in Mississippi after the Brown
v. Board of Education decision, the effect of the Freedom Summer of 1964,
the influence and resurgence of the White Citizen's Councils, and the roles
of the media and labor in shaping racial relations in the South.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: September 23, 1968
Format: Transcript, 35 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CARTER, Robert L. (n.d.) RJB
164
General counsel, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP). Discusses his duties. Defines differences in NAACP legal department
and NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. Gives cost of typical case. Discusses
NAACP cases, including the Supreme Court decision of 1954.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: March 8, 1968
Format: Transcript, 40 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CASHIN, John (n.d.) RJB 482/704
Veteran civil rights activist, Huntsville, Alabama. Chairman, National
Democratic Party of Alabama (NDPA).
Interviewers: Robert Wright; Edward Thompson III
Dates: August 15, 1969; 1972
Format: Transcripts, 55 pages, 30 pages; tapes not available
Restrictions: Standard
CASSELL, Charles (n.d.) RJB
357
Vice-Chairman, D. C. Emergency Committee on the Transportation Crisis.
Member, Black United Front, Washington, D. C. Discusses Emergency Committee's
role in halting development of freeways through inner city. Comments on
police-community relations, one of the concerns of the Black United Front.
Discusses the decline of CORE in Washington.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: December 31, 1968
Format: Transcript, 35 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CAYTON, Horace (1912- ) RJB 429
Co-Editor, Black Metropolis. Recalls his early sociological research into
urban problems, the impact of racism, and the condition of Blacks in society.
Discusses his association with key foundation executives and social scientists.
Offers general comments on the future of the civil rights movement, race
relations, and the Black Studies movement. Gives his opinions of the Black
Panthers and Black Power activists Eldridge Cleaver, Rap Brown, and Stokely
Carmichael.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: July 20, 1969
Format: Transcript, 68 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CHAMPION, Newton E. (n.d.) RJB
442
UCLA student chairman, Committee for Black Art and Culture. Member, Black
Athletic Association, UCLA. Discusses his ideas for Black economic power
cells in the film industry and in the collegiate recruiting of Black athletes.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: August 15, 1969
Format: Transcript, 32 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CHARITY, Ruth (n.d.) RJB 620
Member, City Council, Danville, Virginia. Discusses her legislative goals
with respect to federally funded job training programs, equal employment
opportunities for Blacks in local government and industry, vocational education,
instructional training for retarded children. Discusses the financing of
her campaign. Gives a picture of Black life in Danville, e. g. relations
with whites, land ownership, organizations, employment.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: August 29, 1970
Format: Transcript, 19,20 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CHENG, Charles (n.d.) RJB 558
Assistant to the President, Washington (D.C.) Teachers' Union. Recalls
early experiences as son of interracial parents. Describes participation
in Selma-to-Montgomery march. Comments on activist movement among Asian
community. Discusses purposes and strategies of Teachers' Union. Describes
participation in Poor People's Campaign.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: June 6, 1970
Format: Transcript, 62 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CHESTER, William (n.d.) RJB
424
Vice President and Assistant to Harry Bridges, President of the International
Longshoremen and Warehouse (ILW) Union, San Francisco, California. Discusses
genesis of his civil rights commitment; history of Black participation
in the maritime unions and his participation in efforts to eliminate discrimination
against all minorities in the ILW. Describes current union demographics
and how they influence the politics of the Union's elections and its community
interests. Details use of ILW's political and economic power to improve
employment and political opportunities for Blacks in the Bay area.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: July 23, 1969
Format: Transcript, 53 pages; cassette tape available
Tape length:
Restrictions: Standard
CHISHOLM, Shirley (1924- ) RJB
717
Representative (D-NY), U. S. Congress. Comments on initial political involvement.
Discusses failures of National Black Political Convention and its leaders;
Delegate Fauntroy's promise to deliver her candidacy delegate votes from
the District of Columbia; support she received from common people; retiring
from politics; how her involvement with Women's Liberation Movement has
been misconstrued; corruption permeating American political system.
Interviewer: Edward Thompson III
Date: May 2, 1973
Format: Transcript, 30 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CHISOLM, Elwood (deceased) RJB
17
Member of the Howard University Law School faculty. Discusses the history
of the Law School as he knew it from the early 1900's. Recalls the famous
Negro lawyers who helped pave the way to justice, such as Thurgood Marshall,
Ralph Bunche, James Nabrit, Charles Houston and Jim Cobb. Reviews the early
achievements of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) Legal Defense Fund. Describes the uncompromising effort
that students and faculty of the various social science fields put forth
to help in the struggle for justice.
Interviewer: Harold O. Lewis
Date: August 9, 1967
Format: Transcript, 32 pages
Restrictions Standard
CLARK, Kenneth (1914- ) RJB 573
Director, Metropolitan Applied Research Center (MARC), New York. Recalls
how his early public school education and experiences at Howard and Columbia
Universities shaped his life's work. Discusses his role and that of other
social scientists in the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision,
1954. Comments on HARYOU (Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited) and some
of its problems.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: June 17, 1970
Format: Transcript, 33 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CLARK, Ramsey (1927- ) RJB 361
Attorney General during the Johnson administration. In the first of a two
part interview he chronicles the march of Black progress from the Emancipation
Proclamation to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Argues the effectiveness
of legal actions for achieving racial desegregation. Stresses the need
to coordinate and marshal strong congressional support for laws and court
decisions aimed at ameliorating segregation, discrimination, and inequity.
Discusses the effects of urbanization, the generation gap, and the technological
revolution on Black progress, as well as the international implications
of desegregation. In the second part, he details the steps involved in
drafting and strengthening the Open Housing Act of 1968 and then getting
it passed in the Congress. Specifically notes the role of the Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights in this process. Responds to questions about
the Act's shortcomings and the lack of adequate appropriations provided
to enforce it.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Dates: December 17, 1968; April 21, 1969
Format: Transcripts, 24 pages; 33 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CLARK, Robert G. (n.d.) RJB
313
State Senator, Mississippi. Discusses his political philosophy and programs.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 11, 1968
Format: Transcript, 15 pages, tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CLARKE, John Henrik (n.d.) RJB
495
Author and historian. Recalls the launching of his literary and teaching
careers. Discusses the decline of the American Society of African Culture.
Gives views on American Communist Party, the Black theater, and Black nationalism.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: January 28, 1970
Format: Transcript, 16 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CLARKE, William P., Sr. (n.d.) RJB
615
Member, City Council, Chesapeake, Virginia. Discusses his campaign for
election as an independent. Describes voter registration as the major problem
of Blacks in the city. Describes Black representation on all city commissions
and his efforts to encourage Blacks to run for political office as the
most meaningful programs he could sponsor. Discusses socio-economic problems
of Blacks in his city.
Interviewer: Malaika Lumumba
Date: August 28, 1970
Format: Transcript, 16 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CLAY, William L. (1931- ) RJB 374
Representative (D-MO), U. S. Congress. Reviews early civil rights activities
in Missouri that led to a jail sentence. Discusses his Congressional campaign
and election, the role of a Black Congressman and his efforts to desegregate
labor unions.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: November 25, 1968
Format: Transcript, 18 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CLEMENT, Kenneth (1920- ) RJB
191
Campaign director for Mayor Carl B. Stokes, Cleveland, Ohio. Gives personality
profile of Stokes and how he was chosen as candidate. Recalls Martin Luther
King Jr.'s influence on the campaign. Discusses factors that led to Stokes'
defeat in 1965 and his victory in 1967.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: June 6, 1968
Format: Transcript, 34 pages; tape not available
Restrictions Standard
COHEN, Wilbur J. (1913-1987) RJB
454
Former Secretary of Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Explains
why John Kennedy, who stressed civil rights during his 1960 Presidential
campaign, did not press for civil rights legislation until 1963. Discusses
guidelines and enforcement of Title IV and Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. Discusses welfare reform.
Interviewer: Helen Hall
Date: September 4, 1969
Format: Transcript, 37 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COLE, Babalola (n.d.) RJB 657
Lecturer in political science, Howard University, Washington, D. C. Comments
on the student activism and militancy that evolved at Howard University
during the 1967-68 school year. Compares the administrative styles of Howard
president Nabrit and his successor, James Cheek.
Interviewer: Allen Coleman
Date: November 20, 1970
Format: Transcript, 25, 29 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COLEMAN, Clarence D. (n.d.) RJB
125
Southern regional director, National Urban League. Discusses organizational
and operational structure of League and how programs originating with the
Delegate Assembly are channeled to local affiliates. Articulates many of
the League's programs and tools employed to assess its success. Gives the
League's concept of a domestic Marshall Plan. States purpose, origin, and
accomplishments of Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: January 24, 1968
Format: Transcript, 34 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COLEMAN, Milton (1946- ) RJB
149
Student and one of the founders of Alliance of Black Students, University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus. Focusing on the unique concerns of Black
UWM students, Coleman debates the relevance of Eurocentric academics to
Black progress and discusses the concept of Black Power. Comments on the
civil unrest within Milwaukee's Black community, incidents of police brutality,
and the political ineptness of the city government.
Interviewer: Helen Hall
Date: February 14, 1968
Format: Transcript, 49 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COLES, Flounroy (n.d.) RJB 393
Chairman, Interstate-40 Steering Committee, Nashville, Tennessee, formed
to block construction of a highway through the Black section of the city
containing 85 per cent of the Negro businesses in the county. Discusses
highway controversy at length, including why the construction was re-routed
through the Black district, legal maneuvers of participants in the controversy,
and the effects of the construction on the Black community.
Interviewer: Stanley H. Smith
Date: August 1968
Format: Transcript, 28 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COLLINS, Daniel A. (1916- ) RJB
423
Dentist and civic leader, San Francisco, California. Founder of the San
Francisco Urban League and former member of the California State Board
of Education. Recalls his youth in rural South Carolina and his early organizing
activities for the Democratic Party in northern California in the 1940s
and 50s. Discusses the roles of the unions and multiracial coalitions in
Black Californians' efforts to achieve economic self-determination and
political empowerment. Derides the intellectual shortcomings of Black militants
and their tactics.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: July 23, 1969
Format: Transcript, 46 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COMACHO, Victor (n.d.) RJB 320
President, San Marcos (California) Foundation, an organization "dedicated
to the cultural, educational, and economic development of the Hispanic
community." Discusses funding of his group. Stresses inadequate housing
as one of the most pressing problems of Mexican-Americans in his area.
Discusses signs of revolt in the Chicano community.
Interviewer: Sy Berg
Date: August 16, 1968
Format: Transcript, 10 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COMFORT, Mark (n.d.) RJB 338
Director, Oakland (California) Direct Action Committee. Discusses origin
and purpose of his group. Recalls founding of Black Panther Party in California.
Discusses his experiences as western coordinator of Poor People's Campaign.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: November 16, 1968
Format: Transcript, 36 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COOK, Harold D. J. (1946- ) RJB
356
Law student, Howard University. Discusses student protest at Howard attributing
it to the failure of administration to respond to student demands and the
inability of students to get results through orderly channels. Compares
protest at Howard with that of Columbia University. Discusses Law School
programs that reach into the Black community.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: November 16, 1968
Format: Transcript, 47 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COOKS, Stoney (1943- ) RJB 260
Staff member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Chairman
of the college and youth involvement program of the Poor People's Campaign.
Recalls origin of idea for Poor People's Campaign. Discusses role played
by students, including fund raising campaigns, clothing drives, teaching
at Poor People's University. Discusses the University, which was his idea,
and his expectations. Relates his duties as budget officer for the Poor
People's Campaign.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: July 12, 1968
Format: Transcript, 25 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COOPER, Ernest (n.d.) RJB 602
Director, Urban League, Cleveland, Ohio. Discusses the new thrust of the
League with respect to its interest in lower-income Blacks and its concern
with changing institutional systems so that they will work for Black people.
Looks at business and employment opportunities for Blacks in Cleveland.
Interviewer: Nanette Freeman
Date: July 1, 1970
Format: Transcript, 23 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COTTON, Douglas M. (1942- ) RJB
284
Former field secretary, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Mississippi. Comments on the impact of the Freedom Summer and outside organizers
on the civil rights efforts of native Black Mississippians.
Interviewer: Robert Wright
Date: August 5, 1968
Format: Transcript, 53 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COUNTRYMAN, Peter (1942- ) RJB
116
Founder, Northern Student Movement, a fund raising organization for the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: January 11, 1968
Format: Transcript, 47 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COURTS, Gus (n.d.) RJB 160
Former leader, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), Belzoni, Mississippi. Recalls the "harassment, intimidation,
and acts of violence" he experienced because of his NAACP membership
and voter registration activities.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: February 22, 1968
Format: Transcript, 38 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COWAN, Pauline (1913- ) RJB 163
Director, Wednesdays in Mississippi, an interracial group of women who
observed conditions and civil rights activities in Mississippi, and reported
their findings in an effort to solicit action and support for civil rights.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: March 8, 1968
Format: Transcript, 41,42 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
COX, Raymond L., Jr. (n.d.) RJB
216
Elected senator from College of Liberal Arts to the Student Assembly, Howard
University, 1967-68. Articulates conditions at the university that led
to campus unrest in 1968. Relates his ideas on the responsibilities of
a Black university to its academic and surrounding community.
Interviewer: Robert E. Martin
Date: June 25, 1968
Format: Transcript, 60 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CRAFT, Juanita E. (n.d.) RJB 214
Director, Youth Division, Dallas chapter, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Discusses her division's projects
for economically deprived youth.
Interviewer: John Egerton
Date: June 10, 1968
Format: Transcript, 38 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: The record of this tape may be read in the repository, quoted
from and cited. No reproduction in any form including microphoto, typewriter,
photostat etc. Researchers may seek permission from the oral author, her
heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
CRAIG, Calvin (1928- ) RJB 124
Grand Dragon, Georgia realm, United Klans of America, Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan. Vice Chairman, Model City Program, Atlanta, Georgia. Gives his
views on race, stressing his beliefs in segregation, the right of individuals
to live in harmony and have a good life among their class of people. Discusses
some of the Klan's programs, e. g. voter registration and clothing banks.
Gives the purpose and function of the Klan.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: January 23, 1968
Format: Transcript, 41 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CRANFORD, Raymond (n.d.) RJB
387
Southern farmer and businessman. Member, Ku Klux Klan. Gives his views
on poor whites, integration, Blacks and American society today.
Interviewer: Robert Campbell
Date: 1968
Format: Transcript, 28,29 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CRENSHAW, Cornelia (n.d.) RJB
243
Veteran civil rights leader, Memphis, Tennessee. A leading organizer of
the garbage strike and boycott. Recounts the volatile conditions and events
which led to the Memphis garbage workers' strike and Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s fateful visit in April 1968-- the mounting pressure from dedicated
Black labor and civil rights activists for fair employment, housing, and
education opportunity and the stubborn resistance of segregationist white
politicians and merchants.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: July 1968
Format: Transcript, 54 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CROCKETT, George W. (1909- ) RJB
695
Judge, Recorders Court, Detroit, Michigan. Vice President, National Lawyers
Guild. Veteran civil rights attorney. Reflects on his lengthy legal career,
from his early years as a Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) trial
examiner during the (Franklin) Roosevelt administration, to his controversial
tenure as a criminal court judge in Detroit, battling to protect the civil
rights of prisoners, expose police brutality, and eliminate discriminatory
sentencing practices. Discusses his role as legal counsel to the International
United Auto Workers Union in the 1940s, and chastises union policy makers
for their ambivalence regarding civil rights and desegregation issues.
Recalls his private practice exploits as a partner in one of the nation's
first interracial law firms: from defending citizens accused of communist
activity by the McCarthy committee, to establishing legal institutes to
help southern Black lawyers supplement their civil rights practices, to
working with the National Lawyers Guild defending COFO (Conference of Federated
Organizations) activists in Mississippi in the 1960s.
Interviewer: James M. Mosby Jr.
Date: July 9, 1970
Format: Transcript, 73, 79 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CRONIN, John F. (n.d.) RJB 26
Catholic priest who urged the American bishops to issue their statement
of 1958 on race relations and civil rights. Discusses role of clergy in
civil rights legislation.
Interviewer: Katherine Shannon
Date: August 18, 1967
Format: Transcript, 46 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: The record of this tape may be read in the repository, quoted
from and cited. No reproduction in any form including microphoto, typewriter,
photostat etc. Researchers may seek permission from the oral author, his
heirs, legal representatives or assigns.
CURRENT, Gloster (1913- ) RJB
167
Director, Branches and Field Administration, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored people (NAACP). Examines employment and economic
conditions for Negroes in Detroit in the 1940's. Discusses riots there,
1942-43. Describes NAACP organization including its policies, membership,
relationship of branches to national leadership. Discusses duties of his
office.
Interviewer: John Britton
Date: March 7, 1968
Format: Transcript, 43 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
CURRIER, Theodore (n.d.) RJB
96
Professor, Department of History, Fisk University. Discusses relationship
of Fisk to the Nashville community. Examines the role and need of black
colleges and universities. Looks at the socio- economic conditions of Negroes
in Nashville, Tennessee.
Interviewer: Vincent J. Browne
Date: November 29, 1967
Format: Transcript, 26 pages; tape not available
Restrictions: Standard
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