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Series III: Interviews (continued) | |||||||||||||
Buck O'Neil oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2003-08-11 (continued) | |||||||||||||
Buck O'Neil oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2003-08-11 (continued) | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 087 | |||||||||||||
Buck O'Neil was a baseball player for the Kansas City Monarchs and the first African American coach in the major leagues. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Buck O'Neil's memories of growing up in Florida and attending Edward Waters College. He recalls playing baseball for barnstorming teams and facing discrimination in hotels and restaurants. He discusses meeting his wife, serving in the navy during World War II and his career in the Negro Leagues with the Kansas City Monarchs. He also discusses his friendships with Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige and starting the RBI program for inner-city youth. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655493 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 10/108 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (46 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 29/407 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
35 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
4 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: 087.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 087.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 087.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 087.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 087.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 087.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
Odetta oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2003-05-26 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 088 | |||||||||||||
Odetta was a folk singer and civil rights activist. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Odetta's memories of growing up in Birmingham, Alabama and Los Angeles, California, where she started to take voice lessons. She recalls performing in San Francisco, meeting other folk singers and dropping her last name. She discusses several albums and performances, and the importance of music to the civil rights movement. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655511 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 10/109 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (29 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 29/408 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
5 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
3 videocassettes of 3 (Betacam SP) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
1 videocassette of 1 (DV) (186 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. edited master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 088.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 088.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 088.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 088.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
Gordon Parks oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2001-11-05 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 089 | |||||||||||||
Gordon Parks was a photographer, writer and filmmaker. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Gordon Parks' memories of growing up in Fort Scott, Kansas, which was the basis for his novel and film The Learning Tree. He discusses moving to St. Paul, Minnesota where he met his wife and worked as a waiter. He recalls buying a camera, getting his first photography job at a department store and working as a documentary photographer for the Farm Security Administration. He also discusses his work in fashion photography, Life Magazine and documenting poverty in Brazil. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655494 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/110-111 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (60 pages) | |||||||||||||
1 bound transcript (107 pages) with CD insert | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 29/409 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
16 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
5 videocassettes of 5 (Betacam SP) (150 min.) sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
1 videocassette of 1 (DVCAM) (184 min.) sound, color ; 1/4 in. edited master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 089.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 089.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 089.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 089.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 089.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
Frank Petersen oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2005-05-16 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 090 | |||||||||||||
Frank Petersen was the first African American aviator and general in the Marine Corps. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Frank Petersen's memories of growing up in Topeka, Kansas and serving in the Navy during the Korean War. He recalls the Naval Aviation Cadet Program, discrimination in the military, and joining the Marine Corps as a career officer. He discusses serving in the Vietnam War, recruiting minorities for the marines and becoming the first African American general in the Marine Corps. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655293 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/112 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (95 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 29/410 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
2 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
1 videocassette of 1 (DVC) (184 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 090.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
Sidney Poitier oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2004-10-27 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091 | |||||||||||||
Sidney Poitier was an actor, director, producer and writer. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Sidney Poitier's memories of growing up in the Bahamas, dropping out of school as a child to work and moving to New York on his own. He recalls working as a dishwasher, serving in the army and his first unsuccessful auditions at the American Negro Theater. He discusses his success on Broadway, traveling to South Africa, and his more famous roles that broke down barriers in Hollywood for African Americans. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655294 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/113 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (58 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 29/411 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
19 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
3 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
9 videocassettes of 9 (Betacam SP) (270 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.007 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.008 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 091.MV.009 | |||||||||||||
Alvin Poussaint oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2005-05-19 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 092 | |||||||||||||
Alvin Poussaint was a psychiatrist specializing in African American mental health. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Alvin Poussaint's memories of growing up in Harlem, New York, his childhood illness and going to Camp Wochica for the children of leftists. He recalls attending Columbia University and Cornell University Medical School, his brother's drug addiction and mental illness, his efforts to desegregate hospitals and working in a medical clinic for civil rights workers in Mississippi. He discusses the march to support James Meredith, rifts within the civil rights movement, and his work as a consultant for the Cosby Show. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655551 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/114 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (107 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 29/412 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
45 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
7 videocassettes of 7 (Betacam SP) (210 min.) sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 092.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 092.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 092.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 092.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 092.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 092.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 092.MV.007 | |||||||||||||
Ernesta Procope oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2004-04-08 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 093 | |||||||||||||
Ernesta Procope was an insurance agent, real estate broker and the first African American owner of a Wall Street business. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Ernesta Procope's memories of growing up in Brooklyn, New York, taking piano lessons and meeting her husband. She recalls her start as a real estate agent, starting her own insurance company, E.G. Bowman and lobbying for a state law that barred insurance companies from denying coverage to minorities. She discusses working with the New York Housing Authority, moving her business to Wall Street, and her opinions on affirmative action. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655296 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/115 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (54 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 29/413 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
10 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: 093.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 093.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 093.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
Charles Rangel oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2004-04-07 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 094 | |||||||||||||
Charles Rangel was a lawyer and U.S. Congressman from New York. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Charles Rangel's memories of growing up in Harlem, New York and his first jobs. He recalls his army service in Korea and later attending college and law school in New York. He discusses becoming a U.S. Attorney and running against Adam Clayton Powell for U.S. Congress. He also discusses the changes in New York City, passing the Empowerment Zone Act and his opposition to the Iraq War. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655512 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 11/116 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (67 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 29/414 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
43 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
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