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| Series III: Interviews (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Elma Lewis oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2002-12-17 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 070 | |||||||||||||
| Elma Lewis was a teacher, choreographer, and founder of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. | |||||||||||||
| The interview includes Elma Lewis' memories of growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, taking dance classes and attending Emerson College and Boston University. She recalls teaching dance, theater and visual arts, and founding the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and the National Center of Afro American Artists. She discusses community arts funding, programming for children and collaborations among Jews and African Americans. | |||||||||||||
| Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655271 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/90 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
| 1 transcript (60 pages) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/390 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
| 32 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
| Moving Images | |||||||||||||
| 3 videocassettes of 3 (Betacam SP) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 070.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 070.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 070.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
| J. Bruce Llewellyn oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2003-07-09 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 071 | |||||||||||||
| J. Bruce Llewellyn was a lawyer, businessman, and owner of Fedco and the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company. | |||||||||||||
| The interview includes J. Bruce Llewellyn's memories of growing up in New York City, serving in the army and attending business and law school in New York. He recalls his position with the Small Business Administration, acquiring the Fedco supermarket chain and founding the organization 100 Black Men of America. He discusses running the Freedom National Bank, his appointment to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and acquiring the Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company. | |||||||||||||
| Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655547 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/91 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
| 1 transcript (48 pages) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/391 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
| 14 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
| Moving Images | |||||||||||||
| 3 videocassettes of 3 (Betacam SP) (90 min.) sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 071.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 071.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 071.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
| Earl Lloyd oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2005-10-18 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 072 | |||||||||||||
| Earl Lloyd was the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association. | |||||||||||||
| The interview includes Earl Lloyd's memories of growing up in Alexandria, Virginia, playing on his high school basketball team and attending West Virginia State University. He recalls being drafted by the Washington Capitols and becoming the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association. He discusses serving in army in the Korean War, becoming an NBA assistant coach and working for the Detroit School System. | |||||||||||||
| Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655272 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/92 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
| 1 transcript (124 pages) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/392 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
| 1 photograph : digital, jpeg file, color. | |||||||||||||
| Moving Images | |||||||||||||
| 6 videocassettes of 6 (Betacam SP) (180 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 072.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 072.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 072.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 072.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 072.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 072.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
| Joseph Lowery oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2003-01-07 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 073 | |||||||||||||
| Joseph Lowery was a minister, civil rights activist and founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). | |||||||||||||
| The interview includes Joseph Lowery's memories of growing up in Huntsville, Alabama and Chicago, Illinois. He discusses becoming a pastor in Mobile, Alabama and founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Fred Shuttlesworth. He recalls several events from the civil rights movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the passing of the Voting Rights Act and the March on Washington. | |||||||||||||
| Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655469 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/93 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
| 1 transcript (61 pages) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/393 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
| 22 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
| Moving Images | |||||||||||||
| 7 videocassettes of 7 (Betacam SP) (210 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 073.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 073.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 073.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 073.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 073.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 073.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 073.MV.007 | |||||||||||||
| Leatrice McKissack oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2002-02-19 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 074 | |||||||||||||
| Leatrice McKissack was the CEO of McKissack & McKissack, Architects & Engineers, Inc., the oldest African American architecture firm in the nation. | |||||||||||||
| The interview includes Leatrice McKissack's memories of growing up in Missouri and Nashville, Tennessee and attending Fisk University. She recalls her teaching career, raising her daughters and taking over her husband's business, McKissack & McKissack, Architects & Engineers, Inc., after he became ill. She discusses racial discrimination against her firm, successful projects and working with her daughters at the firm. | |||||||||||||
| Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655539 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/94 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
| 1 transcript (61 pages) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/394 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
| 2 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
| Moving Images | |||||||||||||
| 5 videocassettes of 5 (Betacam SP) (150 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 074.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 074.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 074.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 074.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 074.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
| Adele McQueen oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2003-01-16 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 075 | |||||||||||||
| Adele McQueen was a teacher and professor of early childhood education. | |||||||||||||
| The interview includes Adele McQueen's memories of growing up in Texas and Kansas and attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she helped care for George Washington Carver. She discusses her first teaching job at a boarding school in Alabama, directing the Tuskegee Nursery School and teaching in Liberia while her husband worked for USAID. She discusses her career at Howard University directing a preschool and teaching early child education courses, and starting the organization Housing Unlimited. | |||||||||||||
| Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655548 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/95 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
| 1 transcript (87 pages) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/395 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
| 3 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
| Moving Images | |||||||||||||
| 6 videocassettes of 6 (Betacam SP) (180 min.) sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 075.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 075.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 075.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 075.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 075.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 075.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
| James Meredith oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2006-06-27 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 076 | |||||||||||||
| James Meredith was the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi. | |||||||||||||
| The interview includes James Meredith's memories of growing up in Kosciusko, Mississippi, serving in the air force and attending Jackson State University. He recalls his friendship with Medgar Evers, applying to the University of Mississippi and the resulting Supreme Court case that allowed him to attend. He discusses his opposition to the non-violence movement and working for Senator Jesse Helms. | |||||||||||||
| Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2011655235 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 9/96 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
| 1 transcript (126 pages) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/396 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
| 9 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
| Norma Miller oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2006-06-01 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 077 | |||||||||||||
| Norma Miller was a swing dancer, actress and stand up comedienne. | |||||||||||||
| The interview includes Norma Miller's memories of growing up in Harlem, New York, taking dance lessons and dancing the Lindy Hop at the Savoy Ballroom at age 12. She recalls dancing in competitions in New York, touring Europe and her friendship with dancer Frankie Manning. She discusses appearing in movies, the decline of swing dancing, and her later career as a comedienne with Redd Foxx. | |||||||||||||
| Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655284 | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 10/97 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
| 1 transcript (141 pages) | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 28/397 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
| 45 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
| Moving Images | |||||||||||||
| 6 videocassettes of 6 (Betacam SP) (180 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 077.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 077.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 077.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 077.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 077.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 077.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
| Arthur Mitchell oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2004-08-26 | |||||||||||||
| AFC 2004/007: 078 | |||||||||||||
| Arthur Mitchell was a ballet dancer, teacher and founder of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. | |||||||||||||
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