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Series 2: Interviews (continued)
James Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Austin, Texas, May 25, 2011 (continued)
Manuscripts (continued)
2 transcripts (57 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0014_jonesjames1_transcript
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0014_jonesjames2_transcript
Anne Sobol and Richard Barry Sobol oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2011
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Biographical History: Anne Sobol was a lawyer and wife of Richard Sobol.
Biographical History: Richard Sobol was born in 1937 in the Bronx, New York and married Anne Buxton in 1975. He attended Union College and Columbia University School of Law. He worked as civil rights attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Washington, D.C.
Summary: Richard Sobol discusses his early career as a lawyer in Washington, D. C., his involvement with the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, and his decision to move to New Orleans to become a civil rights lawyer. He recalls meeting Robert Hicks of Bogalusa, Louisiana, being personally protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice, and his involvement in many job discrimination cases brought against the Crown Zellerbach paper mill. He also discusses other employment, labor union, and housing discrimination cases he argued. His wife, Anne, is also briefly interviewed.
Moving Images
8 video files of 8 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (121 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0015_mv01-08
BOX-FOLDER 1/10 Manuscripts
1 transcript (59 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0015_sobol_transcript
Cynthia Baker Anderson and Fletcher Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, May 27, 2011
Digital content available
Biographical History: Cynthia Baker Anderson grew up in Bogalusa, Louisiana. She was married to Fletcher Anderson and had three children.
Biographical History: Fletcher Anderson was born in 1938 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, married Cynthia Baker and had three children. He graduated from Central Memorial High School and worked at the Crown Zellerbach paper mill in many jobs, eventually as an overhead crane operator. He joined the Deacons of Defense and Justice and the Bogalusa Voters League, and was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in Bogalusa.
Summary: Cynthia and Fletcher Anderson remember the segregation and job discrimination they faced in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their decision to join the Civil Rights Movement. Fletcher recalls working many different jobs at the Crown Zellerbach paper mill, the harassment of the police and Ku Klux Klan, and joining the Deacons of Defense and Justice. They discuss their job discrimination lawsuits, their friends involved in the civil rights movement, and the current state of race relations in Bogalusa.
Moving Images
4 video files of 4 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (82 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0016_mv01-04
BOX-FOLDER 1/11 Manuscripts
1 transcript (39 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0016_andersons_transcript
Hicks family oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, May 27, 2011
This interview is currently restricted.
Biographical History: Barbara Maria Collins was born March 3, 1947 to Valeria and Robert Hicks with siblings Valeria Smith and Arlene Hicks. She attended Dillard University, BA and Tulane University, MPH.
Biographical History: Carol Cummings Burras was born March 1, 1945 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, to Robert and Valeria Hicks. Her siblings were Gregory, Robert Jr., Charles and Barbara. She attended Our Lady of the Holy Cross, New Orleans, BA; and Southeastern University, MA.
Biographical History: Charles Hicks was born February 25, 1945 in Bogalusa, Louisiana to Robert and Valeria Hicks with siblings Charles, Barbara Collins, Robert and Gregory. He attended Syracuse University, BA, MA and University of Maryland, MLS.
Biographical History: Darryl Hicks was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana to Robert L. Hicks, Jr. He was the grandson of civil rights activists Robert and Valeria Hicks. He attended Southern University.
Biographical History: Gregory Hicks was born June 1, 1950 in Bogalusa, Louisiana to Robert and Valeria Hicks with siblings Charles, Robert Jr., and Barbara Collins. He attended Southeast University, Lafayette.
Biographical History: Robert Hicks was born November 15, 1948 in Bogalusa, Louisiana to Valeria and Robert Hicks. He attended Grambling State University.
Biographical History: Valeria Payton Hicks was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana. She married Robert Hicks and had four children, Charles, Robert Lawrence, Gregory and Barbara Hicks Collins. She attended Picayune Community College for a Nursing degree and worked as a restaurant cook, domestic worker, and nurse.
Summary: The Hicks family remembers their childhood in segregated Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their father, Robert Hicks, a local civil rights leader. They recall leading a children's civil rights march in Bogalusa to protest discrimination at Woolworth's, hosting two white civil rights workers, Bill Yates and Steve Miller, and being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice.
Moving Images
9 video files of 9 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (154 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0017_mv01-09
BOX-FOLDER 1/12 Manuscripts
2 transcripts (71 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0017_hicks1_transcript
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0017_hicks2_transcript
Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, May 28, 2011
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Biographical History: Geraldine Bennett Crawford lived in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and worked as a maid and a nurse. She was the sister of civil rights activist Gayle Jenkins.
Biographical History: Toni Breaux was born April 10 1947 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, to Gayle E. Expose, who later married Monroe Jenkins. Her siblings were Don Duan Expose and Willie "Chuck" Jenkins and she is the niece of Geraldine Bennett. She married Michael Harry Melton, Sr. in 1971 and Roger Breaux II in 1990 and had 3 sons. She attended Dillard University, BA; Southeastern Louisiana University, M.Ed. and worked as a teacher.
Biographical History: Willie Elliot Jenkins was born December 7, 1952 to Gayle E. and Monroe Jenkins with siblings Willie "Toni" Expose and Don Duan Expose. He was the nephew of Geraldine Bennett. He participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and integrated the public schools.
Summary: Geraldine Crawford Bennett, Toni Breaux, and Willie Elliot Jenkins remember their mother and sister Gayle Jenkins, a leader of the civil rights movement in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They discuss their family history, how the family became involved in the movement, and Willie Jenkins' court case to integrate the public schools. They recall being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice, marching in local rallies, and memories of their late brother Don, who was also involved in the movement.
Moving Images
8 video files of 8 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (82 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0018_mv01-08
BOX-FOLDER 1/13 Manuscripts
1 transcript (57 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0018_jenkins_transcript
Annie Pearl Avery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Selma, Alabama, May 31, 2011
Digital content available
Biographical History: Annie Pearl Avery was born in 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She married Harrison Avery, had two children, and worked as a dishwasher in the 1960s. Avery was a civil rights activist and member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Summary: Annie Pearl Avery remembers her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at age sixteen. She recalls attending a SNCC meeting in Atlanta and being stranded and threatened in Marietta, Georgia, on the way home. She discusses her involvement in the Albany Movement, her many arrests for protesting, marching with William Moore, and participating in voter registration drives in many locations across the South.
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7 video files of 7 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (91 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0019_mv01-07
BOX-FOLDER 2/1 Manuscripts
1 transcript (45 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0019_avery_transcript
Gwendolyn M. Patton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Montgomery, Alabama, June 1, 2011
Digital content available
Biographical History: Gwendolyn Patton was born 1943 in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Tuskegee University, Antioch College, Union Graduate School, and Interdenominational Institute of Theology. Patton was a civil rights activist and archivist.
Summary: Gwendolyn Patton discusses attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she became involved in many civil rights organizations and was elected student body president. She recalls hosting the Freedom Riders in 1961, and spending a year in a segregated sanitarium when she had tuberculosis. She recounts organizing Tuskegee students for the Selma to Montgomery March, occupying the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and registering voters in Lowndes County.
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8 video files of 8 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (111 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0020_mv01-08
BOX-FOLDER 2/2 Manuscripts
1 transcript (50 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0020_patton_transcript
Charles F. McDew oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, June 4, 2011
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Biographical History: Charles McDew was born in 1938 in Massillon, Ohio. He attended Roosevelt University and South Carolina State University, and worked as a community organizer and educator at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota.
Summary: Charles McDew recalls growing up in Massillon, Ohio, his family's involvement in the steel mill unions and attending South Carolina State University. He remembers being arrested three times in two days for not obeying segregation laws in South Carolina, founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and registering voters in Mississippi.
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5 video files of 5 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (82 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0021_mv01-05
BOX-FOLDER 2/3 Manuscripts
1 transcript (27 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0021_mcdew_transcript
Charles Melvin Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, June 4, 2011
Digital content available
Biographical History: Charles Sherrod was born in 1937 in Surry, Virginia, married Shirley Miller Sherrod in 1966 and had two children. He attended Virginia Union University and Union Theological Seminary, and worked as a community organizer and chaplain.
Summary: Charles Sherrod recalls how he became involved in the Albany Movement in Georgia, recruited local residents, and led marches and protests against segregation.
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2 video files of 2 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (20 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0022_mv01-02
BOX-FOLDER 2/4 Manuscripts
1 transcript (8 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0022_sherrodcharles_transcript
Joseph Echols Lowery oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, June 6, 2011
Digital content available
Biographical History: Joseph Lowery was born in 1921 in Huntsville, Alabama, married Evelyn Gibson in 1950, and had three children. He attended Paine College, Paine Theological Seminary, and Chicago Ecumenical Seminary. He worked as pastor and civil rights activist in Mobile, Alabama, and was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Summary: Joseph Lowery recalls his position as pastor at the Warren Street Church in Mobile, Alabama, in the 1950s. He remembers joining the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the differences in race relations between Mobile and other southern cities, and helping to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He reflects on the effectiveness of nonviolence, the libel suit against him, sit-ins across the country, and the Selma to Montgomery March.
Moving Images
4 video files of 4 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (63 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0023_mv01-04
BOX-FOLDER 2/5 Manuscripts
1 transcript (26 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0023_lowery_transcript
Matthew J. Perry oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, June 7, 2011
Digital content available
Biographical History: Matthew J. Perry was born in 1921 in Columbia, South Carolina, married Hallie Bacote, and had one son. He attended South Carolina State College and South Carolina State College of Law, and worked as a civil rights attorney and judge in South Carolina. Perry died in 2011.
Summary: Judge Matthew J. Perry recalls serving in the military during World War II, and experiencing discrimination during the war. He remembers watching a trial that inspired him to go to the newly formed law school at South Carolina State College. He discusses his start as a trial lawyer in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the famous civil rights cases he argued, joining the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and his admiration for the African American lawyers who mentored him.
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3 video files of 3 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0024_mv01-03
BOX-FOLDER 2/6 Manuscripts
1 transcript (23 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0024_perry_transcript
Ernest Adolphus Finney oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Columbia, South Carolina, June 8, 2011
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Biographical History: Ernest Finney was born in 1931 in Smithfield, Virginia, married Frances Davenport, and had three children. He attended Claflin College and South Carolina State University School of Law. He worked as a civil rights lawyer, judge and interim president of South Carolina State University.
Summary: Ernest Finney recalls his father's teaching career and attending law school at South Carolina State College. He remembers defending the "Friendship Nine," a group of college students who protested segregation in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He discusses joining the South Carolina Human Rights Commission, serving as a state representative, and his election to the State Supreme Court.
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6 video files of 6 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (55 min.) : digital, sound, color
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0025_mv01-06
BOX-FOLDER 2/7 Manuscripts
1 transcript (27 pages)
Digital ID: afc2010039_crhp0025_finney_transcript
Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Orangeburg, South Carolina, June 9, 2011
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