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Series III: Interviews (continued) | |||||||||||||
Geoffrey Holder oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2001-11-18 (continued) | |||||||||||||
Geoffrey Holder oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2001-11-18 (continued) | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655506 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 7/72 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (44 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 27/374 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
36 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: 054.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 054.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 054.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 054.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
Benjamin Hooks oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2003-08-22 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 055 | |||||||||||||
Benjamin Hooks was a minister and judge in Tennessee. He was also the first African American FCC Commissioner and executive director of the NAACP, 1977-1992. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Benjamin Hooks' memories of growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, and attending LeMoyne College and DePaul University Law School. He discusses serving in the segregated army during World War II, starting his law practice and becoming a judge. He recalls his work as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He also discusses his opinions on segregation and events of the civil rights movement. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655466 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/73 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (62 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 27/375 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
2 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color. | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
5 videocassettes of 5 (Betacam SP) (150 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 055.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 055.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 055.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 055.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 055.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
Cissy Houston oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2006-12-14 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 056 | |||||||||||||
Cissy Houston was a gospel singer performing with the Drinkard Singers and the Sweet Inspirations. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Cissy Houston's memories of growing up in Newark, New Jersey and singing with her sisters and at church. She recalls working at an RCA factory, forming the Drinkard Singers and becoming a background singer with her cousin Dionne Warwick. She discusses her two marriages, her children and singing with the Sweet Inspirations. She also discusses performing with her daughter, Whitney Houston. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655538 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/74 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (39 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 27/376 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
44 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
2 videocassettes of 2 (DVCAM) (128 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 056.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 056.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
K. Leroy Irvis oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2005-09-27 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 057 | |||||||||||||
K. Leroy Irvis was the Speaker of the House for the Pennsylvania State Legislature. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes K. Leroy Irvis' memories of growing up in Albany, New York, working for the Urban League and teaching in Baltimore, Maryland, where he experienced segregation for the first time. He recalls his relationship with a white girlfriend and joining the army to train women working in airplane factories. He discusses working in a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, attending law school and his election to the Pennsylvania State Legislature. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655526 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/75 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (59 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 27/377 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
1 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
4 videocassettes of 4 (DVCAM) (256 min.) sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 057.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 057.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 057.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 057.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
Ella Jenkins oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2006-11-03 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 058 | |||||||||||||
Ella Jenkins was a folk singer who performed children's songs. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Ella Jenkins' memories of growing up in Chicago, Illinois, visiting relatives in the South and learning to play music from different cultures. She recalls attending San Francisco State College, working as a program director for the YWCA and performing music for children. She discusses the discrimination in hotels and restaurants while on tour, making her first record and receiving many awards and honors for her music. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655259 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/76 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (69 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 27/378 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
13 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: 058.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 058.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 058.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 058.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 058.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
John H. Johnson oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2002-09-18 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 059 | |||||||||||||
John H. Johnson was the founder of Negro Digest, Ebony, and Jet and the first African American to be on the Forbes 400 list. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes John H. Johnson's memories of growing up in Arkansas and Chicago, Illinois, attending the University of Chicago and his early career in life insurance. He recalls starting the Negro Digest, convincing Eleanor Roosevelt to contribute an article and recruiting African American journalists. He discusses founding Ebony Magazine to showcase African American photography, the Ebony Fashion Fair and Fashion Fair Cosmetics. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655491 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/77-78 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (63 pages) | |||||||||||||
1 bound transcript (104 pages) with CD insert | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 27/379 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
1 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
20 photographs : color ; 4 x 6 in. | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
4 videocassettes of 4 (Betacam SP) (120 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: 059.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 059.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 059.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 059.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 059.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
Katherine Johnson oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2006-06-20 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 060 | |||||||||||||
Katherine Goble Johnson was a mathematician at NASA. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Katherine Goble Johnson's memories of growing up in West Virginia and attending West Virginia State University where she majored in mathematics. She recalls teaching elementary school, marrying and raising her children, and her career as a mathematician at the Langley Research Center for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). She discusses the racism and sexism in her field and working on several space missions at NASA. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655261 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/79 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (156 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/380 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
12 photographs : digital, jpeg files, color | |||||||||||||
Moving Images | |||||||||||||
4 videocassettes of 4 (DVC) (256 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 060.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 060.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 060.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 060.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
Hazel Johnson-Brown oral history interview conducted by Renee Poussaint, 2003-03-07 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 061 | |||||||||||||
Hazel Johnson-Brown was a nurse, professor and the first African American woman general in the army. | |||||||||||||
The interview includes Hazel Johnson-Brown's memories of growing up in Pennsylvania and the discrimination she faced from a local nursing school. She recalls moving to Harlem to attend nursing school, working at an emergency room and at a Veterans Administration hospital. She discusses joining the army, serving in Korea in the 1970s and her appointment as Brigadier General and Chief of the Army Nursing Corps. She also discusses earning her Ph.D. and teaching nursing in Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010655545 | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 8/80 | Manuscripts | ||||||||||||
1 transcript (88 pages) | |||||||||||||
BOX-FOLDER 28/381 | Graphic Images | ||||||||||||
6 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: 061.MV.001 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 061.MV.002 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 061.MV.003 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 061.MV.004 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 061.MV.005 | |||||||||||||
Quincy Jones oral history interview conducted by Camille O. Cosby, 2003-09-23 | |||||||||||||
AFC 2004/007: 062 | |||||||||||||
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