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Series III: Interviews (continued)
Jerome Brooks oral history interview conducted by Ileana Simien, 2002
AFC 2004/007: 134
Jerome Brooks was a postal superintendent, businessman and real estate agent.
The interview includes Jerome Brooks' memories of growing up in Port Arthur, Texas, facing discrimination in his first jobs and attending Prairie View A & M University. He recalls moving to Detroit, Michigan, working in auto plants and moving to Memphis, Tennessee, where he started a business. He discusses moving back to Port Arthur where he worked as a superintendent of the post office, started a real estate and construction business, and integrated the local Boy Scouts as a scoutmaster.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655570
BOX-FOLDER 14/156 Manuscripts
1 transcript (97 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 31/450 Graphic Images
2 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color
Moving Images
6 videocassettes of 6 (MiniDV) (360 min.) sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 134.MV.001
AFC 2004/007: 134.MV.002
AFC 2004/007: 134.MV.003
AFC 2004/007: 134.MV.004
AFC 2004/007: 134.MV.005
AFC 2004/007: 134.MV.006
Eleanor DeLoache Brown oral history interview conducted by Jessica Smith, 2005-10-21
AFC 2004/007: 135
Eleanor DeLoache Brown was a teacher, guidance counselor, civic leader and president of Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
The interview includes Eleanor DeLoache Brown's memories of growing up in Texas and attending Prairie View A & M University, where she majored in home economics. She recalls teaching at several universities before marrying and having children, and returning to school for elementary school teacher certification in Ohio. She discusses her career as a guidance counselor, her teaching methods, and volunteer work with Jack and Jill of America, Inc. and the League of Women Voters.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655572
BOX-FOLDER 14/157 Manuscripts
1 transcript (41 pages)
Moving Images
2 videocassettes of 2 (MiniDV) (120 min.) sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 135.MV.001
AFC 2004/007: 135.MV.002
Arthur Burnett oral history interview conducted by Rosa Combs, 2006-10-16
AFC 2004/007: 136
Arthur Burnett was an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Superior Court Judge.
The interview includes Arthur Burnett's memories of growing up in Virginia and attending Howard University. He recalls his rejection from the University of Virginia Law School because of his race, and his decision to attend New York University Law School. He discusses his army service and his career as a prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Superior Court Judge of the District of Columbia.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655574
BOX-FOLDER 14/158 Manuscripts
1 transcript (42 pages)
Moving Images
1 videocassette of 1 (MiniDV) (60 min.) sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 136.MV.001
Calvin W. Burnett oral history interview conducted by Dareise Jones, 2004-11-20
AFC 2004/007: 137
Calvin Burnett was a psychologist and president of Coppin State University.
The interview includes Calvin Burnett's memories of growing up in Davenport, Iowa and serving in the army. He recalls attending St. Louis University where he played basketball and earned his Ph.D. in psychology. He discusses his heroes, his family and his accomplishments as president of Coppin State University.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655575
BOX-FOLDER 14/159 Manuscripts
1 transcript (56 pages)
Moving Images
2 videocassettes of 2 (MiniDV) (120 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 137.MV.001
AFC 2004/007: 137.MV.002
Margaret Burroughs oral history interview conducted by Nubia Henderson, 2003-10-04
AFC 2004/007: 138
Margaret Burroughs was an artist, poet, teacher and museum curator.
The interview includes Margaret Burroughs' memories of growing up in Louisiana and Chicago, Illinois and attending Illinois Normal College. She recalls her career as an art teacher, her rejection of white beauty standards, and living in Mexico on a sabbatical. She discusses founding the South Side Community Art Center and DuSable Museum of African-American History, the FBI investigation of her political activities, writing poetry, and her friendship with Gwendolyn Brooks.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655576
BOX-FOLDER 14/160 Manuscripts
1 transcript (56 pages)
Moving Images
2 videocassettes of 2 (MiniDV) (120 min.) sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 138.MV.001
AFC 2004/007: 138.MV.002
Vada Butcher oral history interview conducted by Victoria Kirby, 2006-10-11
AFC 2004/007: 139
Vada E. Butcher was a professor of African American music.
The interview includes Vada Butcher's memories of growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, learning to play the piano and attending Fisk University and Chicago Music College. She discusses studying music in Europe, her career as a professor of ethnomusicology and African American spirituals, and teaching at Howard University. She also recalls the civil rights movement and segregation in Washington, D.C.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655577
BOX-FOLDER 14/161 Manuscripts
1 transcript (102 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 31/451 Graphic Images
6 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color
Moving Images
3 videocassettes of 3 (MiniDV) (180 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 139.MV.001
AFC 2004/007: 139.MV.002
AFC 2004/007: 139.MV.003
Earl Caldwell oral history interview conducted by Tiffany Shepard, 2006-06-26
AFC 2004/007: 140
Earl Caldwell covered the civil rights movement as a journalist for several newspapers including the New York Times. He later became a professor of journalism.
The interview includes Earl Caldwell's memories of growing up in Pennsylvania and his early career at local newspapers. He recalls covering the civil rights movement for the New York Times and being the only reporter at the scene when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. He also discusses reporting on the Black Panther Party and the resulting Supreme Court case United States v. Caldwell, which set precedent for reporters' rights.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655455
BOX-FOLDER 14/162 Manuscripts
1 transcript (47 pages)
BOX-FOLDER 31/452 Graphic Images
5 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color
Moving Images
2 videocassettes of 2 (MiniDV) (120 min.) sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 140.MV.001
AFC 2004/007: 140.MV.002
James "Winky" Camphor oral history interview conducted by Adam Grant, 2004
AFC 2004/007: 141
James Winky Camphor was a teacher who worked with boys in the juvenile justice system.
The interview includes James Camphor's memories of growing up in Maryland and attending Coppin State University. He recalls the segregation in Maryland, becoming a teacher and working with boys in the Cheltenham Juvenile Justice Facility. He also discusses his faith and his opinions on politics.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655578
BOX-FOLDER 14/163 Manuscripts
1 transcript (14 pages)
Moving Images
1 videocassette of 1 (MiniDV) (60 min.) sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 141.MV.001
Ernestine Carreathers oral history interview conducted by Tiffany Balkaran, 2003
AFC 2004/007: 142
Ernestine Carreathers was a teacher and bookstore owner.
The interview includes Ernestine Carreathers' memories of growing up in Texas and attending Wiley College and Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She recalls meeting her husband, having children and opening a bookstore for African American writers in Prairie View, Texas. She discusses her teaching career, school desegregation, the civil rights movement and her involvement at church.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655579
BOX-FOLDER 14/164 Manuscripts
1 transcript (90 pages)
Moving Images
3 videocassettes of 3 (MiniDV) (180 min.) sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 142.MV.001
AFC 2004/007: 142.MV.002
AFC 2004/007: 142.MV.003
Julia Carson oral history interview conducted by Brittany Baird, 2005-11-05
AFC 2004/007: 143
Julia Carson was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives.
The interview includes Julia Carson's memories of her childhood, her mentor Andy Jacobs and her election to the Indiana House of Representatives. She recalls her efforts to pass minimum wage laws, end the legal classification of children as "illegitmate," and serving as a trustee for the Center Township, a welfare agency, and assisting victims of domestic violence. She also discusses her work as a U.S. Representative, her advocacy of women's rights and civil rights, and her health problems.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655580
BOX-FOLDER 14/165 Manuscripts
1 transcript (31 pages)
Moving Images
1 videocassette of 1 (MiniDV) (60 min.) sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master
AFC 2004/007: 143.MV.001
Robert Churchwell oral history interview conducted by Jerrard A. Davis, 2002-10-30
AFC 2004/007: 144
Robert Churchwell was a journalist and the first African American reporter for the Nashville Banner.
The interview includes Robert Churchwell's memories of growing up in Tennessee, serving in the army during World War II, and attending Fisk University. He recalls meeting his wife, starting his own magazine and being recruited by the Nashville Banner to cover the local African American community. He discusses facing discrimination at the newspaper, covering school desegregation and the civil rights movement and his struggle with depression.
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655558
BOX-FOLDER 15/166 Manuscripts
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