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Series III: Interviews (continued) | |||||||||||||
Maya Angelou oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2002-03-22 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 003 | |||||||||||||
Maya Angelou was a poet, memoirist, actress and director. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Maya Angelou's memories of becoming mute as a child and the mentorship of her teacher Mrs. Flowers, who encouraged her to read poetry. She recalls her relationships with her grandmother and brother and becoming a teenage mother. She discusses touring Europe while performing in "Porgy and Bess," writing the poem delivered at President Clinton's inauguration, and her participation in the civil rights movement. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655518 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/11 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (39 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 25/325 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
16 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
16 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
4 videocassettes of 4 (Betacam SP) (120 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 003.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 003.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 003.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 003.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
Lee Archer oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2002-03-12 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 004 | |||||||||||||
Lee Archer was a Tuskegee Airman, Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force and businessman. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Lee Archer's memories of growing up in Harlem, New York and joining the army to serve during World War II. He recalls training at a segregated base in Macon, Georgia, where he met his wife and training in Tuskegee to become a pilot. He discusses serving in Italy and performing bombing raids in Germany, attending college and law school, and his career at General Foods and Beatrice Foods. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655519 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/12 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (73 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 25/326 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
4 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: 004.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 004.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 004.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 004.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 004.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 004.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
Ernie Banks oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2004-06-07 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 005 | |||||||||||||
Ernie Banks was a baseball player for the Kansas City Monarchs and the Chicago Cubs. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Ernie Banks' memories of growing up in Wylie, Texas, playing semi-professional baseball as a teenager and joining the army. He recalls playing in the Negro Leagues with Kansas City Monarchs and the difficulties of travelling through segregated areas. He discusses his friendships with Buck O'Neil and Jackie Robinson, meeting his wife, and becoming the first African American to play for the Chicago Cubs. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655561 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/13 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (89 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 25/327 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
5 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: 005.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 005.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 005.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 005.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 005.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 005.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 005.MV.007 | |||||||||||||
Willie T. Barrow oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2004-07-13 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 006 | |||||||||||||
Rev. Dr. Willie Barrow was a minister at the Langley Avenue Church of God in Chicago, a civil rights activist and field organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and helped organize Operation BREADBASKET, Operation PUSH and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Willie Barrow's memories of her childhood in rural Texas, attending the Pacific-Warner Theological Seminary in Portland, Oregon and her marriage to her husband Clyde. She recalls her career as a youth pastor in Chicago, her involvement in the labor movement, and her work as a field organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) including the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965. She also discusses her relationships with Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr., her faith, and her work with Operation PUSH and as an AIDS activist. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655452 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/14 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (41 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 25/328 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
30 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
30 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
5 videocassettes of 5 (Betacam SP) (150 min.) sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 006.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 006.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 006.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 006.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 006.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
Derrick Bell oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2005-06-22 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 007 | |||||||||||||
Derrick Bell was a lawyer at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the 1960s, deputy director of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and law professor at Harvard University, University of Oregon and New York University. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Derrick Bell's memories of growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attending Duquesne University and University of Pittsburgh Law School. He discusses working on several school desegregations cases with Thurgood Marshall at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and his resignations from Harvard and the University of Oregon over discriminatory hiring practices. He also discusses his opinions on affirmative action and current politics. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655453 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/15 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (65 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 25/329 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
111 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
3 videocassettes of 3 (DVCAM) (192 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 007.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 007.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 007.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
Lerone Bennett oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2004-04-27 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 008 | |||||||||||||
Lerone Bennett was a historian, journalist and editor who worked for Jet and Ebony. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Lerone Bennett's memories of growing up in Mississippi, working for black newspapers as a teenager, and attending Morehouse College. He recalls reporting for the Atlanta Daily World and moving to Chicago to write for Jet Magazine. He discusses his interest in African American history, editing Ebony Magazine and covering the civil rights movement. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655542 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/16 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (68 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 25/330 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
12 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: 008.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 008.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 008.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 008.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 008.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 008.MV.006 | |||||||||||||
David Blackwell oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2004-05-22 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 009 | |||||||||||||
David Blackwell was a statistician and professor of mathematics. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes David Blackwell's memories of growing up in Illinois and studying math at the University of Illinois and the Institute of Advanced Study. He recalls teaching at several black colleges, becoming chair of the mathematics department Howard University, and accepting a position at the University of California at Berkeley, where he taught for over 30 years. He discusses his teaching methods, research in statistics, the racism he faced in academia and being the first African-American elected to the Academy of Sciences. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655567 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/17 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (62 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 25/331 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
3 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
5 videocassettes of 5 (Betacam SP) (150 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 009.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 009.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 009.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 009.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 009.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
Randolph Bromery oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2004-11-17 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 010 | |||||||||||||
Randolph Bromery was a geologist and university administrator. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Randolph Bromery's memories of growing up in Cumberland, Maryland, joining the army and serving as a Tuskegee Airman. He recalls majoring in math at Howard University, living in Washington, D.C., and working at the U.S. Geological Survey. He discusses earning his Ph.D. in geology at Johns Hopkins University and his career at the University of Massachusetts, where he became chancellor and acquired the W.E.B. DuBois papers. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655532 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 2/18 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (121 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 25/332 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
47 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
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